A second Danish zoo has said it may have to put down one of its giraffes, despite a storm of protest after a similar move by Copenhagen Zoo.
The Danish Jyllands Park Zoo said that it, like the zoo in Copenhagen, would be doing so to comply with breeding programme rules.
Coincidentally, its giraffe has the same name as the Copenhagen giraffe, Marius.
Copenhagen’s Marius was destroyed on Sunday despite a online petition.
At least two wildlife parks, including one in Britain, had offered to house the healthy two-year-old animal but zoo officials said the danger of inbreeding remained, BBC informs.
