the Copenhagen Zoo is experiencing some blowback after they made the decision to
euthanize
four lines are now this is an entire line family
the mother the father and the two cubs and the reason why they made that
decision is because I
the two elder Lions were considered too old and unhealthy they wanted to bring
in a male lie in a new mail-in
and they were worried that there would be some hostility between
the older lines in the new line yet now because their life yeah exactly
now the two cubs were not old enough to fend for themselves they were perfectly
healthy everything was fine
but since they weren't old enough to fend for themselves are the zoo decided
hey you know it's in our best interest to
go ahead and euthanize the Cubs as well in order to make room for the new
line I don't look I understand the importance %uh
zoos in terms of conservation but in this case
I don't really see how this translates the conservation you want to bring in a
new lie in
so as a result you're going to euthanize for them the case with Marius
the giraffe which happened in February was a little more complicated than that
okay but I i just I don't understand what this is and believe me I've been
reading
article after article researching this trying to understand why it is that they
think that it's a good idea to kill these four lines
their reasons are not good enough for me so let me tell you what they say
because the product lines natural structure and behavior the zoo has had
to euthanize the two old lines
and two young lines who were not bold enough to fend for themselves
he male club but would have been killed by the new mail-in
as soon as he got the chance personal their lines why don't we let them
fend for themselves and see what happens might I know what
I don't agree with that either because I think they're right I think that of
course the new male line is gonna attack the Cubs okay
anybody know what you are really complicated question love
ethics within zulus and whether or not to lose are ethical
and it's not a black-and-white issue there are many gradations because the
reality is
they are important with contra conservation efforts but not all animals
in zoos are there because they are an endangered species not now I'm gonna
make people mad
okay pursue all zoos or fairly sick
okay week age to animals in the little areas and then we go look at him and go
look look look at the line
they don't get me wrong I may have a great I think my case is doing they're
amazed by it and I know there's
obviously upside stood to conservation raising money et cetera
I so they did theoretically could help protect these animals in the wild
I'll it but it's mainly for us to look at the animals a point about it they
live in
places that are on natural now we've rule out other natural habitat so
I understand that part as well but I i think that we're trying too hard here
in some ways okay in order to protect them we have to kill them
it's like you know where to destroy the village in order to save in
in so for example if I was there my cum assess idea which I'm sure they'll
rejected fine ridicules the center
is re-take alliance and release them in a while there are some natural
habitats is on ELISA get killed Weatherford Alliance
at least give a fighting chance you know I either a deal but
if you kill them what also I what's the downside told him I get killed what
you're about to kill that
so early 70 well I don't know maybe their bass lines also why I just
questioned the legitimacy of the argument that that sues help with hot
conserving these animals
when you create an environment where you know
be don't know how to fend for themselves they don't know how to be integrated
into their natural habitat if you can't do that then what's the point of
breeding them and keeping them in a zoo
whatever me like they they say okay first of all I we
you we know what's going to happen these lies on the hill so we kid
we gotta kill them first it just makes no sense is like it sounds like a
a line under George W Bush we had the attack them over there
before they attacked us over here you know we had attacked their freedom
before they attacked are free
whatever raid and saleable like if deer in the wild and you say they can fend
for themselves
I you're probably right played
you know that in the wild lions attack one another NES
oftentimes ok Ill the lines Cup that's what they naturally do
like that bothers us because we like know that seems wrong
mom like but but what we judging Alliance they're not going to happen
but David what do you think that's what lines do it so let him do it
I just I think that it the whole thing is weird a non-natural
and us being like no don't worry we're protecting them I killing them
is just counter logical
with Marius the giraffe I mean that was a few months ago people were
outraged at this very very healthy male giraffe was just
killed in front of everyone and then they askin did and dismembered it in
front of children
on a pedestal I do the same lies ago now kill
maybe I'm so I looked into that cuz I was really curious apparently there nine
subspecies of giraffes are two of them are endangered
okay so I the Marius was considered a Rothschild
a giraffe and that's considered one of the endangered address the other one is
the Nigerian giraffe
and here was part of the endangered yes yes
so what I found interesting about that was it was a healthy draft but they said
they couldn't keep it at the zoo because they were worried about
inbreeding there were too many other giraffes that have the same genes
so then there were a bunch of others who knows that said hey you know what we
don't want you guys to
to kill the strap please like send it to me there was an individual who offered
to buy it but of course there's you can't sell the drops leave right now
bed so so those who said no
up but apparently with the Copenhagen do their part is something known as the
European Association of Zoos and aquaria
and me %uh refused to give the giraffe to another zoo that doesn't meet its
standards
I when you're looking standards it is bordered merger a unique and different
numbers as it made its gonna die
my guess is that you love the drive to vote like lower standards
I'm gonna be okay let me just go over there before you dismember me and beat
me to the lines