| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Tough choices on front line of conservation | | Culling healthy animals at zoos is necessary to help species stay immune to disease, says the head of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria. A campaigner for animal rights, however, says the way to stop the killing is to stop going to zoos. |
| Opinion: While there are zoos, killing will continue | | Copenhagen Zoo, which gained notoriety last month for killing a young giraffe named Marius and feeding his corpse to the lions, has hit the headlines again, as a healthy family of lions has now joined its growing death tally. |
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| Obama, Pope Francis meet for first time | | U.S. President Barack Obama and Pope Francis met Thursday for the first time at Vatican City, offering a chance for a reset of sorts between the administration and Catholic leadership following years of strained relations. |
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