禁近親繁殖 丹麥動物園處死長頸鹿遭聲討大綱

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.
對於圍觀的孩子們來說這簡直是可怕的一幕——一隻健康的小長頸鹿被處死還被當作飼料喂獅子。

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.
儘管超過兩萬人在網上簽名請願拯救小長頸鹿“馬裏烏斯”，哥本哈根動物園方面還是用一把螺栓手槍結束了“馬裏烏斯”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着“馬裏烏斯”被剝皮、解剖，並被送給獅子當飼料。

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爲了禁止近親交配，並堅稱當衆解剖是爲了普及動物學知識。

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，動物權利倡導人士譴責了丹麥動物園殺死“馬裏烏斯”這一舉動。他們稱這一行爲暴露了人類剝奪動物幸福的殘酷現實，即便是在歐洲最好的動物園裏。

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.
“馬裏烏斯”陷入困境曾引起世界範圍內如潮的抗議，一家英國動物園也曾提議收養這隻小長頸鹿。很多人稱他們對於動物園處死健康動物的這一舉動感到噁心。

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.
一位發言人稱，家長有權決定是否攜帶孩子去動物園圍觀這一過程。園方認爲這是對科學知識的重要展示，並稱浪費長頸鹿肉是“愚蠢的”。