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10/02/2014
Are we playing God with animals - locking them up behind bars and now killing them as we see fit? Or are zoos essential for preservation and education?
Six lions at Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire have been destroyed, because of inbreeding which led to serious genetic defects.
And Marius the two-year old giraffe was put down yesterday at Copenhagen Zoo, again because of inbreeding. A crowd of visitors, including children, watched as the carcass was cut up and fed to the lions. Zoos: Cruelty or Conservation?
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Zoos: Vital in conservation or animal prisons?
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