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LION MEAT

The Copenhagen Zoo

murdered Marius the giraffe.

He'll never father another

little calf.

The Zoo ignored 99000

petitions on his behalf.

In front of children they shot

him and cut him in half.

He was slain for lion meat

by zoo staff riffraff.

-saiom shriver-

Footnote: one of many reasons to shut down zoo prisons

Please sign the petition 

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/923/331/674/marius-the-giraffe-slaughtered-boycott-close-down-copenhagen-zoo/

http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/10/slaughter-of-marius-the-copenhagen-giraffe-prompts-online-outrage/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26167925

Zoo haiku

http://allpoetry.com/poem/10780453-Zoo-Haiku-by-saiom

To contact the Danish embassy in the US

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