El zoo de Copenhague sacrifica a una jirafa pese a una intensa campaña online
Distintas ONG danesas han considerado el sacrificio un acto 'bárbaro' y 'falto de ética'.
Peter Hove Olesen/ASSOCIATED PRESSMarius, a male giraffe, lies dead before being dissected, after he was put down at Copenhagen Zoo on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. Copenhagen Zoo turned down offers from other zoos and 500,000 euros ($680,000) from a private individual to save the life of a healthy giraffe before killing and slaughtering it Sunday to follow inbreeding recommendations made by a European association. The 2-year-old male giraffe, named Marius, was put down using a bolt pistol and its meat will be fed to carnivores at the zoo, spokesman Tobias Stenbaek Bro said. Visitors, including children, were invited to watch while the giraffe was dissected. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Peter Hove Olesen) DENMARK OUT
El zoo de Copenhague sacrificó ayer una jirafa de dos años alegando que tenía que evitar futuros problemas de consanguinidad, pese a una intensa campaña pública en internet para salvar su vida y a la propuesta de alternativas.
La dirección de la institución ha defendido que Marius, de dos años, debía ser sacrificada porque el objetivo del zoo es asegurarse que los mejores genes pasan a las generaciones venideras, preservándose así a largo plazo la supervivencia de las especies que acogen.
El centro ha asegurado que sacrifica entre 20 y 30 animales de media al año para que las poblaciones que mantienen se conserven sanas.
Pedersen Rasmus Flindt/ASSOCIATED PRESSThe carcass of Marius, a male giraffe, is eaten by lions after he was put down in Copenhagen Zoo on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. Copenhagen Zoo turned down offers from other zoos and 500,000 euros ($680,000) from a private individual to save the life of a healthy giraffe before killing and slaughtering it Sunday to follow inbreeding recommendations made by a European association. The 2-year-old male giraffe, named Marius, was put down using a bolt pistol and its meat will be fed to carnivores at the zoo, spokesman Tobias Stenbaek Bro said. Visitors, including children, were invited to watch while the giraffe was dissected. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Rasmus Flindt Pedersen) DENMARK OUT
De nada han servido las miles de firmas que han recogido varias peticiones populares online, las quejas de varias organizaciones no gubernamentales para la protección de los animales y las ofertas de otros zoos, que se mostraron dispuestos a acoger al animal que Copenhague prefería sacrificar.
Rasmus Flindt Pedersen/ASSOCIATED PRESSChildren watch as Marius, a male giraffe, is dissected, at the Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. Copenhagen Zoo turned down offers from other zoos and 500,000 euros ($680,000) from a private individual to save the life of a healthy giraffe before killing and slaughtering it Sunday to follow inbreeding recommendations made by a European association. The 2-year-old male giraffe, named Marius, was put down using a bolt pistol and its meat will be fed to carnivores at the zoo, spokesman Tobias Stenbaek Bro said. Visitors, including children, were invited to watch while the giraffe was dissected. (AP Photo/Polfot, Rasmus Flindt Pedersen) DENMARK OUT
El animal murió por un disparo de una pistola de perno, después de que se descartase el empleo de una inyección letal -que hubiese contaminado su carne-, ya que está previsto que sus restos se empleen no sólo para investigación sino también para alimentar a carnívoros del zoo. EFE
