Jan Oskar Hansen Poet Blank verse

Marius the Giraffe

The Zoo
Little Marius was killed today, an eighteen months old giraffe,
the world cried and a facebook account was opened in
memory of little Marius that was fed to the lions. which in 
a way was quite fitting as animals in the wild don´t do funerals.
Carnivores in zoos eat meat every day of animals slaughtered
elsewhere, it was therefore good for the children, at the zoo,
to see the reality of animal life it is not all fluffy teddy bears.
But shouldn´t all animals, be free? Little Marius had to die of 
fear of inbreeding, which in the wild would not have happened.
We all eat each other we humans are on top of the food chain,
or so we think, except when we get lost in the tall Savannah  
 grass and become a lion´s quarry.

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Kathryn Collins February 12, 2014 at 9:15 AM Hi - I knew you'd have something to say about this one and you managed to add a little humor about animals and funerals. However, there is a pet cemetary in Hartsdale, NY, head stone engravings are ridiculous. Back to Marius - I am utterly repulsed. I don't think animals need to be reduced to blood and gore other than in the nature of the wild, and it is useless for children to see. I know rodents, etc are fed to the larger (not the children :) Oddly enough that seems not as alarming. Jan Oskar Hansen February 12, 2014 at 12:46 PM I don´t think they should keep animals in zoos there is zoo near here that only has domestic animals cows, geese, tiny goats and so on and children loved it