Animal lovers enraged by Copenhagen Zoo's decision to kill a giraffe last week could barely contain their anger when a second Danish zoo said it might put down a another of the animals a few days later.
But they, and the giraffe, had a reprieve on Friday when Jyllands Park Zoo in Western Denmark said it now had no such plans, for the immediate future at least.
Copenhagen Zoo's scientific director and other staff received death threats after their male giraffe was killed on Sunday last week to avoid inbreeding among the animals there.
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