A zoo vet carries out an autopsy on the young giraffe Sunday morning. The animal was reportedly killed by being shot. (KASPER PALSNOV/EPA)
Defiant officials at a Danish zoo defended the slaughter of a young giraffe that was hacked apart in front of small children and fed to lions.
Marius, a 2-year-old giraffe, was killed on Sunday at the Copenhagen Zoo, and then dissected by veterinarians as people in a live audience watched and asked questions.
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