'Surplus' giraffe put down at Copenhagen ZooScientific director, Bengt Holst, insists the giraffe population must be kept "genetically sound" A bid to save a young giraffe from destruction at Copenhagen Zoo has failed, and the giraffe was put down on Sunday morning. Thousands of people had signed an online petition appealing for a change of heart over the two-year-old called Marius. The zoo said it had no choice because of its duty to avoid
