On Friday, a brand new baby giraffe was born at the Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. The birth was live streamed all over the world, and celebrations arose as everyone watched. We all fell in love with the baby instantly, but there are a few concerns about the giraffe's well being at the zoo. Only two years ago, a baby giraffe named Marius was killed at age two, at the same zoo. The veterinarians stated that Marius was a surplus animal, meaning that his genes were close to others in the zoo population. Unfortunately, Marius was not the only young animal that was killed at the Copenhagen Zoo. In 2012, the zoo killed a family of four lions, and two leopard cubs! Bengt Holst, the zoo director, claims that the zoo kills a total of 20 to 30 animals per year in order to keep the populations steady.
In my opinion, I believe that if the animals proposed a problem at the zoo, they should be transferred to a nearby zoo. There are many zoos in the world that would love to take in more animals. Rather than killing the harmless babies, the Copenhagen Zoo should look around for more options. The killing of these animals makes me question the responsibility and mind set of the caretakers at this zoo. The transferring of animals could be more successful, because it would give the babies an opportunity to mate. Since transferred animals would be new to the zoo, there would not be a problem with the genes of two animals.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/giraffe-baby-born-copenhagen-zoo-marius_us_57dd9e0be4b08cb140962dda
I agree with what you're saying. There is no point in killing harmless animals while there is space for them elsewhere. This is why species are going extinct. -Alex Travell
ReplyDeleteI think that it is terrible that the zookeepers are doing things like this to harmless animals. I agree with you that the animals should be transferred to a different zoo, rather than being killed.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with what you're saying. It's so sad to hear about these zookeepers harming these harmless and defenseless animals. I think being transferred is the best option.
ReplyDeleteWhy would anyone want to take away a baby from its mother. That's just sad
ReplyDeleteThere are so many better things they can do with the animals than killing them! Even besides putting them in another zoo they could put them on a reserve or even real ease them back i ton the wild where they could continue living their lives.
ReplyDeleteThey can't think of anything better... WHY is my question. If you change it to saying "they have to kill the baby humans because there's too many!" , then people would change their minds, but I think it's really sad that this is one of the first things they think of. Being an animal lover, it's heartbreaking and so what if the populations are unsteady, let them be unsteady, just think of another way.
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