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Another giraffe named Marius risks same grim fate
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February 13th, 2014
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As the fallout continues, a second giraffe named Marius will most likely be euthanised in a Danish Zoo
While the world continues to mourns the loss of Marius, the two-year-old giraffe who was killed and fed to the lions in front of an audience at Copenhagen Zoo on Sunday, a second young and healthy giraffe, who is also called Marius, looks likely to suffer the same fate.
The seven-year-old giraffe at Jyllands Park Zoo is expected to fall victim to a breeding programme that secures a healthy giraffe population in the zoos, explained a zoo keeper, Janni Løjtved Poulsen.
"Our Marius is a hybrid: a mix of different giraffe breeds," Poulsen told Politiken newspaper. "We were accepted into the breeding programme for pure-bred giraffes and if we get a female, Marius needs to go. We can't have two males and a female together, that will cause internal fighting."
Since the park expects to add a female giraffe to the population, the future looks grim for poor Marius.
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At Jylland Park they haven't decided if they are going to make the autopsy public, as Copenhagen Zoo did with their Marius.
Poulsen added that it's a pure coincidence that the two giraffes have the same name.
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