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This is the horrific moment schoolchildren crowded around to watch as the body of a perfectly healthy giraffe was chopped up before being fed to lions.
對于圍觀的孩子們來說這簡直是可怕的一幕——一只健康的小長頸鹿被處死還被當(dāng)作飼料喂獅子。
禁近親繁殖 丹麥動物園處死長頸鹿遭聲討
Despite more than 20,000 people signing an online petition to save two-year-old Marius, staff at Copenhagen Zoo yesterday went ahead and shot the animal with a bolt pistol.
盡管超過兩萬人在網(wǎng)上簽名請愿拯救小長頸鹿“馬里烏斯”，哥本哈根動物園方面還是用一把螺栓手槍結(jié)束了“馬里烏斯”的性命。
Young children stood at arm’s length as his carcass was skinned and dissected before the meat was thrown to the lions.
站在近處的孩子們看著“馬里烏斯”被剝皮、解剖，并被送給獅子當(dāng)飼料。
The Danish zoo said the drastic move was needed to combat inbreeding and insisted the display was educational.
丹麥動物園稱這一極端舉措是為了禁止近親交配，并堅稱當(dāng)眾解剖是為了普及動物學(xué)知識。
But animal rights campaigners last night condemned the killing of Marius, saying it exposed the cruel reality of welfare even in Europe’s top zoos.
但在昨晚，動物權(quán)利倡導(dǎo)人士譴責(zé)了丹麥動物園殺死“馬里烏斯”這一舉動。他們稱這一行為暴露了人類剝奪動物幸福的殘酷現(xiàn)實，即便是在歐洲的動物園里。
禁近親繁殖 丹麥動物園處死長頸鹿遭聲討
Marius’s plight had triggered worldwide outpourings of protest, including an offer to rehome him in Britain, with many saying they were sickened by a zoo killing a healthy animal.
“馬里烏斯”陷入困境曾引起世界范圍內(nèi)如潮的*，一家英國動物園也曾提議收養(yǎng)這只小長頸鹿。很多人稱他們對于動物園處死健康動物的這一舉動感到惡心。
A spokesman said parents were allowed to decide whether their children should watch what the zoo regarded as an important display of scientific knowledge about animals, adding that it would have been ‘foolish’ to let the meat go to waste.
一位發(fā)言人稱，家長有權(quán)決定是否攜帶孩子去動物園圍觀這一過程。園方認(rèn)為這是對科學(xué)知識的重要展示，并稱浪費長頸鹿肉是“愚蠢的”。
This is the horrific moment schoolchildren crowded around to watch as the body of a perfectly healthy giraffe was chopped up before being fed to lions.
對于圍觀的孩子們來說這簡直是可怕的一幕——一只健康的小長頸鹿被處死還被當(dāng)作飼料喂獅子。
禁近親繁殖 丹麥動物園處死長頸鹿遭聲討
Despite more than 20,000 people signing an online petition to save two-year-old Marius, staff at Copenhagen Zoo yesterday went ahead and shot the animal with a bolt pistol.
盡管超過兩萬人在網(wǎng)上簽名請愿拯救小長頸鹿“馬里烏斯”，哥本哈根動物園方面還是用一把螺栓手槍結(jié)束了“馬里烏斯”的性命。
Young children stood at arm’s length as his carcass was skinned and dissected before the meat was thrown to the lions.
站在近處的孩子們看著“馬里烏斯”被剝皮、解剖，并被送給獅子當(dāng)飼料。
The Danish zoo said the drastic move was needed to combat inbreeding and insisted the display was educational.
丹麥動物園稱這一極端舉措是為了禁止近親交配，并堅稱當(dāng)眾解剖是為了普及動物學(xué)知識。
But animal rights campaigners last night condemned the killing of Marius, saying it exposed the cruel reality of welfare even in Europe’s top zoos.
但在昨晚，動物權(quán)利倡導(dǎo)人士譴責(zé)了丹麥動物園殺死“馬里烏斯”這一舉動。他們稱這一行為暴露了人類剝奪動物幸福的殘酷現(xiàn)實，即便是在歐洲的動物園里。
禁近親繁殖 丹麥動物園處死長頸鹿遭聲討
Marius’s plight had triggered worldwide outpourings of protest, including an offer to rehome him in Britain, with many saying they were sickened by a zoo killing a healthy animal.
“馬里烏斯”陷入困境曾引起世界范圍內(nèi)如潮的*，一家英國動物園也曾提議收養(yǎng)這只小長頸鹿。很多人稱他們對于動物園處死健康動物的這一舉動感到惡心。
A spokesman said parents were allowed to decide whether their children should watch what the zoo regarded as an important display of scientific knowledge about animals, adding that it would have been ‘foolish’ to let the meat go to waste.
一位發(fā)言人稱，家長有權(quán)決定是否攜帶孩子去動物園圍觀這一過程。園方認(rèn)為這是對科學(xué)知識的重要展示，并稱浪費長頸鹿肉是“愚蠢的”。