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Copenhagen Zoo kills giraffe.

Marius, a healthy male, was put down Sunday. Visitors, including children, were invited to watch while the giraffe was then skinned and fed to the lions. Before the giraffe was killed, an online petition to save it had received more than 20,000 signatures. Marius was killed because there already were a lot of giraffes with similar genes in the breeding program. The zoo had turned down offers from other zoos to take Marius and an offer from an individual who wanted to buy the giraffe for 500,000 euros.

The organization Animal Rights Sweden said the case highlights what zoos do to animals.

"It is no secret that animals are killed when there is no longer space", it said in a statement. "The only way to stop this is to not visit zoos."