Overview

• Tiergarten Nürnberg Zoo acknowledged it had culled 12 healthy Guinea baboons after its troop swelled to about 40 animals in an enclosure built for 25.
• The zoo said it exhausted relocation and contraception options after offers from other facilities failed and birth-control measures proved ineffective.
• Deputy director Jörg Beckmann said the zoo selected non-pregnant and non-study individuals, shot them under animal welfare guidelines, and fed their bodies to predators.
• Protests erupted as activists broke into the grounds on July 29, forcing entry and gluing themselves to the pavement before being detained by Nuremberg police.
• Animal rights group Pro Wildlife and others filed criminal complaints alleging the cull violated welfare laws and are calling for stricter oversight of zoo breeding policies.