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I donīt know if watching an autopsy might affect young children in a negative way (itīs their parentsī choice and the parents will have to deal with the consequences if there are any)
BUT I donīt understand why putting down a healthy young animal, why not get it neutered so it canīt breed?
Itīs not profitable for a zoo to keep an animal that wonīt breed? If yes, then why did the zoo workers 1) allow the inbreeding to happen 2) wait for a year and a half till the giraffe grows up?
If they knew the poor thing was a result of inbreeding why didnīt they euthanize it the day it was born?
To me it reminds the situation when a healthy cat/dog is taken to the vet with the request to euthanize it just because the owner doesnīt want it anymore or it turned out to be too costy to maintain. (Fortunately, there are some countries where owner-requested euthanasia of a healthy pet is prohibited. Even if we eat meat it doesnīt give us a license to kill everything just because we want)
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