I also like big trees, they are proof of the strength of nature, they last there hundreds of years against sun, cold, thunders always there, most likely killed by humans... We have a few big ones around here, one was cut because "sick" even though everyone else said it was fine
Strange, bureaucratics tend to just "order take" and likely the person(s) that gave the order, didn't even know the true state of the tree, and probably didn't care either.