An online petition to save a healthy young giraffe from death has failed, despite thousands of signatures from animal lovers. Copenhagen Zoo said it euthanized the male, named Marius, on Sunday ...

The Copenhagen Zoo euthanized a healthy%2C 18-month-old giraffe on Feb. 9; A Danish Zoo under fire for comments about euthanizing a giraffe has announced it will not be receiving a giraffe ...

The second giraffe, coincidentally also named Marius, lives at the Danish Jyllands Park Zoo. To make room for a female giraffe it plans to acquire, the zoo plans to put down its 7-year-old male ...

Copenhagen Zoo kills 2 year old giraffe, uses corpse 4 food & research" Miladysa, @miladysa, from the United Kingdom: "BLOODY DISGUSTING!" Leanne Woodfull, @LeanneWoodful,l from Dublin, Ireland ...

Copenhagen Zoo says it was following recommendations to prevent inbreeding when it killed a 2-year-old giraffe named Marius with a bolt pistol. ... Danish zoo kills healthy giraffe, feeds it to lions.

Defiant officials at a Danish zoo defended the slaughter of a young giraffe that was hacked apart in front of small children and fed to lions. Marius, a 2-year-old giraffe, was killed on Sunday at … ...

The Danish Jyllands Park Zoo said Wednesday it might put down this young 7-year-old giraffe, which by coincidence is also named Marius. Show Caption SCANPIX/REUTERS ...

He said his zoo had turned down offers from other ones to take Marius and an offer from a private individual who wanted to buy the giraffe for 500,000 euros ($680,000).

Before the giraffe was killed, an online petition to save it had received more than 20,000 signatures. But the public feeding of Marius’ remains to the lions was popular at Copenhagen Zoo.

Contrary to media reports, a zoo in Denmark will not euthanize another giraffe. Last week, despite protests and an international petition, the Copenhagen Zoo killed a giraffe named Marius.

Danish Zoo criticized for killing giraffe. 02:21 . Story highlights. NEW: Copenhagen Zoo official: If we sterilized giraffe, he'd just take up needed space.