They've executed Marius

[Smurfy]

Here in the UK the Longleat management have destroyed six lions!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-26108506

Over on the Mail they are reporting it was a Lion, a Lioness and four cubs.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-cubs-pride-Longleat-leaving-staff-tears.html

 

[asterix]

And, seeing as you introduced the word, how is this different from slaughtering a steer for steaks and sausages?

I'd assume that the giraffe was killed humanely and also that it was unlikely to be a variety in danger of being wiped out.

Last year I had the good fortune to be able to visit Kenya and hear about the problems they had with poachers and the kind of methods they used to get ivory and also evade capture. The Kenyans have a sanctuary where orphaned elephants are taken, usually up to the age of 18 months IIRC as any older they do not take to it. We also saw lions in the wild and a couple of times saw the aftermath of their hunting, a zebra and an elephant calf were the victims.

Do you really believe there is any similarity?

 

[asterix]

Between what and what? You have jumbled in a load more different stuff.

Obviously then I misinterpreted your question! Hey, maybe we even agree..

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Obviously then I misinterpreted your question! Hey, maybe we even agree..

I thought we did as well

Come on, this is the internet, you must be able to fall out about something.

 

[asterix]

Come on, this is the internet, you must be able to fall out about something.

Yeah it's embarrassing, must try harder.

 

[subaqua]

could the danes have not chopped his nuts off to stop him breeding |?

 

[subaqua]

Then they'd have to admit that zoos aren't really there to preserve species but merely for entertainment, as we all suspected.

I believe Chester zoo is about preservation rather than entertainment

 

[Smurfy]

I'd assume that the giraffe was killed humanely and also that it was unlikely to be a variety in danger of being wiped out.

According to the Mail they used a bolt gun rather than a lethal injection, as the latter would prevent them from feeding his carcass to the lions. They also performed an autopsy on the carcass in front of zoo visitors, including young children!

If you don't want to see pictures of the lions tucking in, and the carcass being cut up in front of young children, don't click this link.

 

[swee'pea99]

Bastard had it coming. Zebra next...

 

[vernon]

Why did it take eighteen months to bring Marius' life to an end?

Couldn't it have happened asap after birth?

 

[Cubist]

Why did it take eighteen months to bring Marius' life to an end?

Couldn't it have happened asap after birth?

There wouldn't have been as much for the lions then would there?

And anyway, the headlines would have been far more histrionic and emotive.


"Heartless killer zoo entertains children by slaughtering defenceless baby animals"

 

[subaqua]

They wouldn't have wanted to feed and maintain a giraffe that couldn't breed then would they?

so keeping the giraffe alive wouldn't be PRESERVING his life

 

[Beebo]

Killing an individual to save a population is nothing new.
The recent Black Rhino hunt auction raised $350,000, which will go back into conservation.

 

[jefmcg]

wow, it's amazing how many vegetarians there are here: walk into your nearest supermarket, and you will see evidence of dozens of senseless slaughter of healthy mammals. Where are their memorials?

And Kruger National in South Africa sells zebra skins, and Kudu sausages.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Poor Marius. Here he is sticking his head through his enclosure to accept a carrot or have his forehead scratched by whom he thought were his friends. Next thing you know, they're pulling him down to the ground, scrambling his brain with an humane killer, disecting him in front of school children and feeding him to the lions.