Healthy Young Giraffe Killed By Zoo in Denmark

JupiterKid · 09-02-2014 11:27PM #1

This is a very sad story. A zoo in Copenhagen, Denmark killed a healthy young giraffe because "his genes were well represented among the existing giraffes at the zoo."

What a tragic waste - especially considering that a wildlife park in England was offering to take the animal.

Gran Hermano · 09-02-2014 11:29PM

Not really a total waste, the zoo said they'd use the carcass to feed some other zoo animals.

cml387 · 09-02-2014 11:30PM

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Not really a total waste, the zoo said they'd use the carcass to feed some other zoo animals.

You've got some neck posting that.

I'll get me coat.

MadsL · 09-02-2014 11:30PM

Is Giraffe tasty? Never had it...waste of BBQ opportunity really.

winston82 · 09-02-2014 11:31PM

cml387 wrote: »

You've got some neck posting that.

I'll get me coat.

Are you having a giraffe?

dxhound2005 · 09-02-2014 11:32PM

cml387 wrote: »

You've got some neck posting that.

I'll get me coat.

Get your okapi as well.

kneemos · 09-02-2014 11:32PM

You're having a Giraffe.

Mariasofia · 09-02-2014 11:32PM

They have some neck on them.....!!!!!

sawdoubters · 09-02-2014 11:33PM

cost too much to ship to another country

picturehangup · 09-02-2014 11:34PM

plus one with cml387

A total disgrace, especially when a suitable alternative had been offered by a wildlife park.

Merrion · 09-02-2014 11:34PM

It does undermine the general zoo claim to be a reservoir against extinctions...

But this is AH so - eh - it's the circle of life?

thomasm · 09-02-2014 11:35PM

Autopsied it in front of a bunch of school kids too

Killer Wench · 09-02-2014 11:35PM

They fed it to lions, I believe. Considering if the lion and giraffe were back in their native homeland, the lion would have been chasing the giraffe for dinner.

Gran Hermano · 09-02-2014 11:36PM

Better to cull the herd than let the population suffer from inbreeding.
Short term pain for long term gain.

Mint Aero · 09-02-2014 11:38PM

Merrion wrote: »

But this is AH so - eh - it's the circle of life?

What on earth do you hippies be smoking?

TheFatness · 09-02-2014 11:39PM

MadsL wrote: »

Is Giraffe tasty? Never had it...waste of BBQ opportunity really.

I asked for it in a restaurant once but the waiter said it was a tall order.

Sorry but this joke is nothing short of genius.

LETHAL LADY · 09-02-2014 11:39PM

And nobody heard his scream.

The Backwards Man · 09-02-2014 11:43PM

It's terrible, truly terrible. They should feed the lions on political correctness, do-goodery and hippy love like they do in every other zoo.

MadsL · 09-02-2014 11:43PM

Merrion wrote: »

It does undermine the general zoo claim to be a reservoir against extinctions...

Only the West African Giraffe and the Ugandan Giraffe, are both endangered.
Giraffes are of least concern.

miss no stars · 09-02-2014 11:43PM

Poor creature. If money was an issue they should have crowd sourced the funding for his transfer to the wildlife park in England, where he would have benefited the herd by bringing in new genetics to them. Seems so wrong... Then you think about all the animals who are perfectly healthy and are put down in pounds here just because their owners or a forever-home can't be found for them.

steddyeddy · 09-02-2014 11:43PM

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Better to cull the herd than let the population suffer from inbreeding.
Short term pain for long term gain.

You understand greater genetic variance is a defense against inbreeding?

MadsL · 09-02-2014 11:44PM

TheFatness wrote: »

I asked for it in a restaurant once

As did I. The waiter said they were out of the special plates.

yawhat! · 09-02-2014 11:46PM

Breaking News - Cows, Sheep, Pigs and chickens killed in Ireland every day.

No difference between that and the giraffe in my opinion. I presume animal activists will love this and be kicking up a fuss.

Last thing we need is inbred giraffes running around acting like scumbags.

steddyeddy · 09-02-2014 11:47PM

Surely giraffe meat would be quite tough anyway?

TheFatness · 09-02-2014 11:49PM

I prefer mine.

Femme_Fatale · 09-02-2014 11:50PM

yawhat! wrote: »

Breaking News - Cows, Sheep, Pigs and chickens killed in Ireland every day.

For food. This is a different situation. But I don't know enough details to pass judgement or decide what should have been done instead. I've no doubt all avenues were explored.

The Backwards Man · 09-02-2014 11:50PM

A man walks into a bar with a giraffe and it lies down in front of the fire. (the giraffe, not the man). Barman says to the man, 'You can't leave that lying there'. Man says 'It's not a lion, it's a giraffe'. Barman says 'Oh yeah, for a minute I forgot myself and thought we were in Denmark'

MadsL · 09-02-2014 11:52PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

Surely giraffe meat would be quite tough anyway?

That's why you dry it, turn it into biltong and call it Kudu biltong

http://jezebel.com/5988002/south-africans-have-accidentally-been-eating-giraffe-and-kangaroo-meat

146 samples of biltong, dried meat strips that serve as a popular low-fat snack in South Africa, supposedly made of antelope meat, were tested by researchers at the University of Western Cape. Surprise! Not all made of antelope meat.

All packets labeled 'beef' were found to be correct but 90 percent of biltong sticks supposedly made of kudu - a large, curly-horned antelope - were actually horse, pork, beef, giraffe or even kangaroo.

MadsL · 09-02-2014 11:53PM

This thread is giraffing me crazy...

Guy:Incognito · 09-02-2014 11:56PM

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

For food. This is a different situation. But I don't know enough details to pass judgement or decide what should have been done instead. I've no doubt all avenues were explored.

The Giraffe was used for food too, just not for humans.

Big C · 10-02-2014 12:04AM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2555079/Danish-zoo-kills-young-giraffe-deemed-surplus-feeds-lions.html[/URL]

see all the pics, not so funny

Healthy Young Giraffe Killed By Zoo in Denmark

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