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12. Dupe. nt

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Mon Feb 10, 2014, 11:56 PM

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Danish zoo kills healthy giraffe, feeds body to lions [View all] davidpdx Feb 2014 OP

Humans can be quite vile! nt/ RKP5637 Feb 2014 #1

look up "lions kill giraffe" on youtube. Lions can be quite vile too Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #3

I've never realty understood all of the cruelty in life. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2014 #5

makes one think there's no benevolent force guiding it all, eh? Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #6

Nope! I've never even remotely thought there was any benevolent guiding force, and RKP5637 Feb 2014 #14

hunger/survival UncleMuscles Feb 2014 #27

Did it, so gross, so cruel. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2014 #8

yep. if you want to be disturbed by the brutish and violence of nature, just google all that Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #10

Lions do that sort of thing. nt Demo_Chris Feb 2014 #2

they turned this into a tourist attraction? dismembered the giraffe in front of niyad Feb 2014 #4

you need to read or listen to the actual report on what happened Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #7

this part seemed pretty damned clear: niyad Feb 2014 #9

those parents chose to bring the children...and the children were interested and asking questions Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #11

you can keep twisting and trying to defend this all you want. the whole niyad Feb 2014 #32

ok. that is your opinion. not shared by everyone. Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #37

clearly shared by a good number of people, including here, and the thousands niyad Feb 2014 #41

They showed it on our National news last night, arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #15

Hey, "meat" is ugly before it's prettied up JanMichael Feb 2014 #19

I've added the NPR article davidpdx Feb 2014 #18

This is one of the few times I agree with Jack. By the way, arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #20

The zoo didn't want Russia to skate too easily to take the Gold in the 2014 Asshole Olympics n/t Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2014 #44

Dupe. nt arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author davidpdx Feb 2014 #17

BOO!! blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #13

If you had a hamburger, steak or chicken breast this week JanMichael Feb 2014 #16

True. And the giraffe lived a better life than our factory farmed cows and chickens, even in a zoo. cui bono Feb 2014 #21

I copied and pasted from another reply I made. MMcGuire Feb 2014 #26

To be truthful MMcGuire Feb 2014 #23

welcome to DU gopiscrap Feb 2014 #34

Cheers MMcGuire Feb 2014 #39

This is one of the 2naSalit Feb 2014 #22

Playing devils advocate here MMcGuire Feb 2014 #24

Hmmm 2naSalit Feb 2014 #40

There is not much I disagree with here. MMcGuire Feb 2014 #42

Indeed, engagement and education 2naSalit Feb 2014 #43

The Scottish Wild Cat or in Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic) Cat-fiadhaich. MMcGuire Feb 2014 #46

Amazing 2naSalit Feb 2014 #47

I think many zoos with money problems may see this as an "option" SoCalDem Feb 2014 #25

BARBARIC! democratisphere Feb 2014 #28

First off they didn't "euthanize" Marius Amaya Feb 2014 #29

Yeah, generally you don't "euthanize" healthy animals. justiceischeap Feb 2014 #30

Mother nature can be extremely barbaric. NCTraveler Feb 2014 #31

marius niyad Feb 2014 #33

Whether or not Crepuscular Feb 2014 #35

If they knew his genetic makeup would be incompatible with breeding, per EU regulations, Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #36

Post removed Post removed Feb 2014 #38

I'm sure the meat they normally use to feed the lions is donated by the animals Chathamization Feb 2014 #45