Marius, a healthy male, was put down Sunday. Visitors, including children, were invited to watch while the giraffe was then skinned and fed to the lions. Before the giraffe was killed, an online petition to save it had received more than 20,000 signatures. Marius was killed because there already were a lot of giraffes with similar genes in the breeding program. The zoo had turned down offers from other zoos to take Marius and an offer from an individual who wanted to buy the giraffe for 500,000 euros.
The organization Animal Rights Sweden said the case highlights what zoos do to animals.
"It is no secret that animals are killed when there is no longer space", it said in a statement. "The only way to stop this is to not visit zoos."
Parishioners defend the temple from the Marines The gunman in the Cathedral of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk confessed, according to the Investigative Committee. 24-year-old security guard killed two people and wounded six others, after which he was arrested on the spot. Details of the attack on the cathedral "Gazeta.ru" told in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Diocese. One of the victims tried to stop the shooter, and a nun that the offender shot at close range, did not flee: she stayed and warned of the attack on the cathedral.Two were killed and six others were wounded in the attack on the Resurrection Cathedral in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk , which occurred on February 9. The main cathedral of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Kuril diocese located in the city center near the park named after Gagarin . " The attack occurred after 14:00. Liturgy is over , and many members have already dispersed. Were those who wanted to put a candle and pray. At this point in the temple broke armed young man, he opened fire , "- said " Gazeta.ru " nun Hilarion ( Funtova ) , head of information- analytical department of the South Sakhalin and the Kuril diocese.
