Controversial Copenhagen Zoo Kills Four Healthy Lions
A Danish zoo that received death threats after euthanizing and dismembering a healthy giraffe in front of a live audience last month is at the center of another controversy this week.
CNN reports that the Copenhagen Zoo killed four lions to make way for a new male lion brought into the facility.
A statement on the zoo’s website said the killings were necessary to prevent inbreeding, after efforts to move the animals to another facility proved unsuccessful:
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National Geographic reports that such killings do not take place in U.S. zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. The European Association of Zoos and Aquaria noted in a statement that the zoo “had not broken any of its codes of conduct.’’
That acknowledgement hasn’t done much to quell the controversy — as of Thursday, a Facebook page titled “Close Copenhagen Zoo’’ had over 37,000 likes.
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