Danish zoo kills healthy giraffe, feeds it to carnivores

I am trying to understand this. I really am. Having spent some time in Denmark and worked with Danes for years, I tried to tell myself that they're very no nonsense, practical, logical people, but this is just asinine. It was a male giraffe. Why did they not simply castrate it to solve the real issue, inbreeding? 

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/09/world/europe/denmark-zoo-giraffe/

I hate zoos. I think they're horrible places.

I agree Ricey but there will be zoos as long as people will pay to see the animals..

I don't like zoos either.  While I agree with captive breeding of species that are critically endangered, the animal habitat doesn't have to be a small cage that is typical of zoo enclosures.   Animal enclosures have to be small for zoo visitors to see a variety of animals within a reasonable walking distance. This is why I don't like zoos.

Perhaps captive breeding could be attained in animal reservations that are more spacious and more like their normal habitat.

The California Condor have done very well returning from extinction by being tagged and tracked by wildlife biologists and breeding on their own in the wild. They are quite a sight to behold. Downright prehistoric.