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Why Did A Zoo Kill Marius, A Healthy Young Giraffe? CPH:DOX World Premiere Doc Asks Profound Questions Springing From International Incident
A documentary about the deliberate killing of Marius the giraffe at a Danish zoo is premiering at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen.
The story shocked the world 10 years ago: the Copenhagen Zoo’s decision to euthanize a healthy two-year-old giraffe named Marius because they considered it a “surplus animal.” CNN reported on it. Among the many people interviewed in the film are Bengt Holst, the Copenhagen Zoo’s scientific director who made the decision to put down Marius, despite offers from around the world (even from Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov) to adopt the animal. Vogel and Kestner collaborated on a previous the film, the 2004 documentary short Max by Chance( Rejsen på ophavet), which raised different philosophical questions than Life and Other Problems.
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