Is this something to do with male birds being tastier meat for KFC etc?

LOL

I haven't seen anything that addresses why they didn't just neuter it. That seems to solve the problems they had with it breeding, either at their zoo or at another. And I'm guessing based on the response, they could've funded it being an "extra" at their zoo by donations.

That said, no doubt this was a complicated decision that I can't really properly evaluate. But it does seem like they had options.

Scene of the butchering, interview with zookeeper and lions enjoying dinner.
Watch at your own risk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gfywPsbbtk

tyler, Tuma:

I think it's great that they stuck to their guns with clear, sound reasoning and made this into an educational event rather than try to keep it quiet so people will stop talking about it faster.

I'm fine with them chopping the giraffe up and feeding it to the lions, because of sustainability, and I don't give a **** about their business succeeding.

But, why was killing it better than finding it a new home?

I don't know, even in Colorado, where guns are quite common, shooting a giraffe (I don't know if that was public), a public autopsy and then throwing the meat to the lions in front of kids seems pretty harsh.

I was only commenting on the administrative decision to make it such a public display after all those people signed the petition. That seems like he was looking for trouble. (And again, an international outcry is not really what you should be looking for. I'll bet they made far more controversial decisions before this and didn't make the world news, lol.)

Reporter: tylertwo, what happened to Mike the giraffe?

tylertwo: Oh, we moved him to Africa! My assistant is handing out pictures of him with his friends.

Reporter: All these giraffes look the same, are you sure that's a picture of Mike?

tylertwo: Sure, that's him. He's the one in the middle!

#whitepersonproblems

Why is it harsh? You make it sound like they forced kids to watch when it was voluntary and educational. The kids that were there knew exactly what they were getting themselves into. They also feed lions meat in front of children everyday.

Even The Guardian had a warning on the pictures. This was the autopsy, I'm not so sure those kids were completely aware of what was about to happen.

+1
No one looked horrified by the autopsy, from what I saw in the video. They looked like they thought it was cool. Just my opinion.

lol jfc

Am I the only 1 that's wondering what a giraffe burger would taste like after seeing the video?

The first thing that came into my mind after they cut the neck off was that it looks like beautiful steaks inside.

I also thought that the giraffe hide would make a damn nice jacket.

Based on the coverage I've seen, all of the parents accompanying the kids were told what was going to happen, so if you think this is inappropriate for all kids to see(I don't), then the parents are the ones who should get most of the blame.

I saw a couple of articles that address this point. Here's the first one I found. I read another that addressed it in slightly more depth, but I couldn't find it easily and don't want to spend more time looking.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/09/world/...k-zoo-giraffe/

you are worse than cnn

El Diablo,

That guy is Han Solo imo.

If those kids didn't know what an autopsy was before agreeing to watch then that's the fault of the parents and not the zoo. It's not like it was some impromptu show. I personally wouldn't want to watch something like that live but I still think it's beneficial that they allow the public to view it.

Maybe it will result in one of those kids becoming someone who dedicates their lives to studying and caring for animals. Like those evil murdering zoologists.

Since I haven't watched television news for more than twenty-five years, I have no idea what you mean. I don't think this is appropriate for preschoolers, but most ITT seem to disagree and I'm not experienced with the age.

My problem is with the PR of this event and the fact that the world's press agrees, bears at least that much out. There are multiple critical articles in newspapers throughout the world.

After having been away from this forum for a few years, I'm am pleased to see that this meme is still around.


I thought this at first, but they probably didn't want to risk this:



lol