People look at the carcass of the giraffe Marius after it was killed in Copenhagen Zoo February 9, 2014. The Copenhagen Zoo went ahead with a plan to shoot and dismember a healthy giraffe on Sunday ...

Without getting into a debate about the death penalty and focusing entirely on compassion for the victims of cruel deeds, I would like to respond to a letter writer’s bewilderment (Feb. 14) over why ...

The Copenhagen Zoo has faced worldwide criticism over its decision to euthanize a healthy two-year-old giraffe known as Marius. As Scott reported, zoo veterinarians performed a public autopsy on ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — People around the world were stunned when Copenhagen Zoo killed a healthy 2-year-old giraffe named Marius, butchered its carcass in front of a crowd that included children and then ...

(FILES) - Picture taken on Febuary 7, 2014 shows a perfectly healthy young giraffe named Marius who was shot dead and autopsied in the presence of visitors to the gardens at Copenhagen zoo on Febuary ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Officials at the Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark say they received death threats after the zoo killed a 2-year-old giraffe and fed its remains to lions. Zoo spokesman Tobias Stenbaek Bro ...

The Danish zoo that earned the ire of the animal-loving world for killing Marius the giraffe (and then feeding him to lions in front of a class of children) is under attack again for euthanizing four ...

This is a response to the Feb. 4 article showing Mr. Yenason and his fiancé with the 6,000-pound giraffe they shot in Africa. I have been to Africa twice and have been very close to giraffes in the ...