Marius (giraffe)
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Marius was a male giraffe living at Copenhagen Zoo. Though healthy, he was genetically unsuitable for future captive breeding, as his genes were over-represented in the captive population, so the zoo
Giraffes at Copenhagen Zoo
Sit-in protest in Lisbon, February 2014
Captive bolt pistol
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A captive bolt pistol is a device designed for stunning animals prior to slaughter.
Marius (giraffe)
…genetically valuable giraffes", he was killed on 9 February 2014. The zoo had announced that he would be anaesthetized before being put down with a bolt gun, as lethal injection would make it unsafe for the carnivores at the zoo to eat. However, the euthanizing vet said that he used a rifle, reportedly a…
A captive bolt pistol
A modern captive bolt device
A captive bolt pistol in use on a cow