Overview

• Nürnberg police report 30 active investigations into threats against zoo employees, citing suspected insults, incitement to hatred and the approval of crimes.
• Zoo director Dag Encke, his deputy and other staff received death threats following the baboon killings, much of it posted on social media.
• The zoo says it killed twelve of its 43 Guinea baboons in July because the enclosure was long overcrowded, transfers failed and contraception did not work.
• Animal-rights groups denounced the action as unlawful and staged demonstrations, and a visitor video showing carcasses fed to lions intensified public outcry.
• The Nuremberg public prosecutor is reviewing roughly 350 criminal complaints under §17 of the Animal Welfare Act and says the assessment will take time.