Overview

• A public prosecutor in Nürnberg is examining whether Tiergarten Nürnberg breached animal welfare laws after it culled and publicly fed 12 surplus Guinea baboons to carnivores.
• Zoo director Dag Encke insists the killings were necessary due to rapid reproduction, limited contraception and failed relocation offers, and he warns additional culls may be required.
• Zoo Aalborg in Denmark closed its social media comment sections following online backlash to its appeal for live pet donations to feed predators.
• Animal rights groups, including PETA and Deutscher Tierschutzbund, have filed criminal complaints and continue organizing protests against ‘breed and feed’ management.
• Zoo Wuppertal and Zoo Dortmund have also admitted to routinely killing surplus animals—ranging from primates to petting‐zoo species—and feeding them whole to carnivores.