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ok, so its time to set a few more things straight. There was ONE financial offer made, and the offer was for the giraffe to stay where it was. Which was unacceptable. Clearly the zoo is more interested in a viable breeding program than in profit. There was ONE offer to take the giraffe, from a zoo in Yorkshire. A zoo which is not part of the overarching body that governs zoos with proper, humane, scientific breeding programs. ie, a zoo which does not meet the requirements for entry into a group that governs zoos. Therefore, not an acceptable place to send the giraffe.
AGAIN, the animal was not "butchered in public", an autopsy was performed. This was deemed a good opportunity to educate the public, both into giraffes and into the science behind these programs. The animal was then butchered behind closed doors and the meat given to other animals just like they are regularly given cow or sheep meat. Autopsies like this provide invaluable information to the ecological efforts to save the more endangered sub species. Killing this one animal has potentially helped the programs in Africa save the last of the Rothschilds Giraffe, which is on the brink of extinction.
Do the outraged people in this thread actually READ, or just skim the headlines and feel the outrage they're told to? Read more than one source, read between the lines.
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