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dipsydoodle

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3. Sad as it was the reason the giraffe was shot was due to
Fri Feb 14, 2014, 03:17 PM
Feb 2014

their owns rules regarding inbreeding. Happily a new home has been offered to the other one affected.

Chechen Leader Kadyrov Offers New Home to 2nd Giraffe Marked for Death in Denmark.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has volunteered to save a giraffe that could be killed by a zoo in western Denmark.

Kadyrov posted a message on his Instagram account Thursday saying that he would give Marius the giraffe a home out of "humaneness."

The death of a giraffe in Copenhagen last week made international headlines after a zoo publicly dissected and fed the 18-month-old healthy animal — also named Marius — to lions because his genes were well-represented in a giraffe breeding program.

More than 27,000 people had signed a petition opposing the euthanizing and the zoo said that some staff members had received death threats about the decision, made to prevent inbreeding.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/chechen-leader-kadyrov-offers-new-home-to-2nd-giraffe-marked-for-death-in-denmark/494539.html

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