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(LiveScience)  Why is Another Giraffe in Denmark Facing Possible Euthanasia? | Zoothanasia is Tragic, Not Necessary

(...) For some people, when the zoos use the word “euthanasia,” the practice becomes sanitized and acceptable. But it isn’t — it’s disturbing and inhumane. While one might argue that many, if not all, animals in zoos suffer, killing animals who aren’t “needed” isn’t mercy killing, it’s really a form of premeditated killing. And, a few days ago, a real life scenario emerged in which a young healthy male giraffe named Marius who has been living in a Danish Zoo was killed — zoothanzied — and it’s just been announced that a second giraffe, also named Marius, may be killed at another Danish zoo.