Like many zoos, they have a planned breeding program, as the captive giraffe herds in the world’s zoos were becoming incredibly inbred. To try to combat this issue, they went to a strict breeding program around the world, transferring animals and sperm to restore biological diversity to the herds.
Most zoos aren’t as public with their culling as the Danes are, but ‘unauthorized’ animals are killed all the time around the world.
Hey,we have a spare giraffe. No one needs him? Lion food.
Imagine how the giraffes felt.”Wow, Gary drew the short straw. Bummer.”