“Life and Other Problems”: New documentary asks: ‘Why did a zoo kill Marius, a healthy young giraffe?’

MATTHEW CAREY: 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. So did Le Monde in France, the U.K.’s Guardian and The Independent, and the Irish Times. The New York Times wrote on … Continue reading “Life and Other Problems”: New documentary asks: ‘Why did a zoo kill Marius, a healthy young giraffe?’