Well, that's dampened my mood.

[GregH]

Well this post is an oldie but goodie. I can't help wonder what people think of the well thought out policies of the Copenhagen Zoo's interpretation of the European Association of Zoos & Aquaria rules governing the disposal of excess stock - they humanly and publicly kill, dissect and feed animals to carnivores. If you aren't familiar with this topical story the zoo did this to a giraffe earlier this week even though zoos outside the EAZA had offered as much as US$650000 to take the animal and prevent the cull but the zoo remained stedfast in not allowing the animal out of the EAZA breeding program and since this animal was excess in terms of breeding potential (its genes were already well represented), they assert castration is a cruel practice and there are limited resources (especially suitable enclosures and upkeep) to keep excess animals within EAZA and if released outside of EAZA the creature's welfare could not have been guaranteed. As private individuals do we care about the fate of our common birds that we sell at sales or to dealers? Are we or dealers always ethical do they care about the conditions that the buyer is able to provide and if it's caveat emptor do vendors ever warn nubies that unless they have lots of a species that it's inevitable that most pairs are probably from the same source and might even be siblings?

[Diane]

Ive posted a link to the story. Not the report I saw on the ABC but saw more or less the same thing.

For those that would like to see the news footage.............BUT BE WARNED ITS NOT PLEASANT
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/09/world ... o-giraffe/