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Marius (giraffe)
Marius (6 February 2012 – 9 February 2014) was a young male giraffe living at Copenhagen Zoo. Though healthy, he was considered genetically unsuitable for future breeding so it was decided by the zoo authorities to kill him. Despite several offers to adopt Marius, and an online petition to save him,〔, (Zoo official on Marius the giraffe: Conservation isn't always clean ). CNN, 11 February 2014〕 he was put to death on 9 February 2014. His body was then dissected in public and parts were subsequently fed to other animals at the zoo. The event received worldwide media coverage and generated responses from several organisations and individuals, including death threats to staff at the zoo.
Since records began in the early 1900s, five giraffes have been killed for similar "conservation management" reasons. This is out of a captive population in Europe that in 2014 stood at 798 giraffes.〔 Since 2012, two other young giraffe bulls in the European Endangered Species Programme (EEP) have been killed.〔http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/09/why-copenhagen-zoo-killed-marius-giraffe〕
==Life==
The giraffe was born on 6 February 2012 at Copenhagen Zoo where he lived all his life. The zoo has a policy of only giving an official name to a few selected animals such as elephants with the prospect of living up to 50 years or more but the keepers informally named the giraffe "Marius". Shortly after his birth, Copenhagen Zoo informed the coordinator of the European Endangered Species Programme (EEP) for giraffes who, according to the Dutch Zoo Federation, along with his committee tried to find a suitable location for Marius but failed.
Most media wrote that Marius was 18 months old. Bengt Holst, Scientific Director of the zoo, corrected this, saying Marius was two years old.〔, (Frontalt: Zoo-direktør i heftig debat med dyre-aktivist ). Ekstrabladet.dk, 11 February 2014.〕
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