Overview

• The Guinea baboon enclosure houses 43 animals in a space designed for 25, triggering aggressive interactions and injuries within the troop.
• Zoo director Dag Encke has called shooting surplus baboons the fastest and most humane way to restore capacity after contraception efforts faltered.
• Despite offers from abroad and influencer-backed relocation drives, no facility has been found to accept the excess primates and no shooting date is set.
• Pro Wildlife and Deutscher Tierschutzbund are preparing criminal complaints, arguing the planned killings breach German animal welfare law.
• Tiergarten Nürnberg defends ongoing breeding to sustain a captive population for future reintroductions of the species listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.