Overview
- Prosecutors told the Amtsgericht Eilenburg that Carmen Zander staged three Easter tiger shows charging €20 despite a 2022 ban on commercial exhibitions.
- Prosecutors also said six young tigers were advertised on her website for paid petting.
- The defense largely admitted the allegations through counsel, citing the loss of circus work and asserting the animals are well cared for.
- Ten tigers remain kept in old circus wagons on the outskirts of Leipzig in reportedly cramped conditions.
- The court provisionally discontinued the case with a payment requirement, leaving questions over recent offspring and longer‑term husbandry standards unresolved.