*** Urgent Second Danish giraffe named Marius at risk of beign put down ***

(Reuters) - The Danish Jyllands Park Zoo said on Wednesday it might put down one of its giraffes, which by coincidence is also named Marius, just as the giraffe Copenhagen Zoo slaughtered on Sunday to the disgust of animal lovers around the world, according to Danish news agency Ritzau.

Jyllands Park Zoo in western Denmark might put down its seven-year-old Marius if the zoo manages to acquire a female giraffe, which is most likely, zoo keeper Janni Lojtved Poulsen told Ritzau. The zoo also has a younger male called Elmer.

"It doesn't affect us in any way. We are completely behind Copenhagen and would have done the same," said Poulsen.

Is the whole country going mad ?