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I prefer to interact with people who can communicate without excessive sarcasm and extremities of example.

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I'm going to stick my neck out (sorry couldn't resist) and say I don't think anyone here is in favour of human eugenics through extermination but the giraffe was an animal. Unless you are a plastic sandal wearing ultra vegan then a number of animals die each day to clothe, feed and generally improve your life.

Yes it's sad it happened but where is the outrage for the cow that was killed to feed the lions previously? At least the zoo didn't just usher Marius into the lions enclosure and let nature take its course fully.

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Personally, I have found animals to be more affable than many humans.

The world would be a better place if humans were to become extinct. There was an interesting programme on last year about how nature would reclaim the Earth should this happen.

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A substantial money offer for the animal was made, surely this would have kept the Lions food supply going for a long time.

Well done RichardCoulter. I agree with your sentiments.

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[QUOTE=richard s;35671606]A substantial money offer for the animal was made, surely this would have kept the Lions food supply going for a long time.

I think nothing would have changed this pompous little man's decision as he came across full of an exaggerated sense of one's own value or importance.

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because so many places offered a new home for this animal the only explanation for this is they wanted to save money on meat for other animals in the zoo.

These people are not animal lovers and seem to care more about money then the animals. Zoo should be shut down and animals moved to places where people actually care for the animals.

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Or other more plausible explanations here

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:clap::clap::clap: could not agree with you more ...

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Still don't think it is right tbh with you, the poor thing could have been re homed, that fate should have been a last option ... note to TheDaddy I never wrote this in bold just for you ... ;) LOL

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Not according to them he couldn't be re homed, I'm sure they didn't take the decision lightly, they have after all spent months caring and looking after him and devoted their careers to animal welfare and conservation, I'm happy to give the zoo the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise.

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The guardian http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...sk-denmark-zoo
If you are a giraffe and your name is Marius, now might be a good time to leave Denmark. Days after the euthanasia of a healthy young giraffe at Copenhagen zoo sparked controversy around the world, a second Danish zoo has announced that it is considering a similar fate for another giraffe – also named Marius. Jyllands Park zoo, in western Denmark, currently has two male giraffes, but has been approved to participate in the European breeding programme. If zookeepers manage to acquire a female giraffe, seven-year-old Marius will have to make way. Like his namesake in Copenhagen, the giraffe is considered unsuitable for breeding, and the zoo said there was a high risk that Marius would have to be put down as it would be difficult to find him a new home.
This is the same excuse as the zoo in Copenhagen first used and yet a home was found and other offer's were also made to save his life but the pleas to save him were simply ignored ... :wtf: is wrong with these people apart from being sick in the head ... there is something seriously wrong with these people ... :nutter:

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Hmm

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26734377

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They sound more like a abattoir than a zoo.

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This zoo's management really does beggar believe ... I hope the management of this zoo comes to an end soon for the sake of the poor animals in their care. Truly shocking practice they seem to have. :mad:

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For balance did they feed the lions to the remaining giraffes?