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This cold, calculated, cynical, and callous act devoid of compassion was followed by Marius’ body then suffering the indignity of being dissected in public in front of adults and children, sending the potent message to the kids that such lives are worthless, and the fed to other zoo animals, again in front of the children.  Psychology Today magazine expressed outrage and disgust, nothing that the children were being taught that killing animals for entertainment was acceptable.  The Copenhagen zoo director argued, in an incredulously outrageous statement, that this had educational valid  

This cold, calculated, cynical, and callous act devoid of compassion was followed by Marius’ body then suffering the indignity of being dissected in public in front of adults and children, sending the potent message to the kids that such lives are worthless, and the fed to other zoo animals, again in front of the children.  Psychology Today magazine expressed outrage and disgust, nothing that the children were being taught that killing animals for entertainment was acceptable.  The Copenhagen zoo director argued, in an incredulously outrageous statement, that this had educational valid  

[[File:Marius.JPG|300px|thumb|left|Remember Marius.  February 9, 2014]]

[[File:Marius.JPG|400px|thumb|left|Remember Marius.  February 9, 2014]]

for the children, providing an understanding of the anatomy of a giraffe.  Seeing bored, depressed, and often neuroses-laden animals resulting from life-long captivity pacing, swaying, or circling constantly teaches children nothing about real animal behavior, let alone a dead animal being fed to lions, tigers, and leopards on the concrete in a zoo.  Parents certainly wouldn’t take their children to prison to teach them about human behavior.   

for the children, providing an understanding of the anatomy of a giraffe.  Seeing bored, depressed, and often neuroses-laden animals resulting from life-long captivity pacing, swaying, or circling constantly teaches children nothing about real animal behavior, let alone a dead animal being fed to lions, tigers, and leopards on the concrete in a zoo.  Parents certainly wouldn’t take their children to prison to teach them about human behavior.