Overview

• The Nuremberg-Fürth public prosecutor’s office has received roughly 350 complaints under §17 of Germany’s animal welfare law and is examining whether the euthanasia of twelve overcrowded baboons was justified.
• The Middle Franconia police are investigating about 170 messages containing specific or general death threats directed at director Dag Encke and other zoo employees.
• Zoo officials say they transparently informed visitors that heads of the euthanized baboons would be used for scientific research and that carcasses would be fed to lions and other predators.
• Animal Rebellion activists have established a protest camp outside the zoo entrance demanding an end to primate breeding and killings.
• Zoo Aalborg’s request for healthy pet donations—from rabbits to horses—to feed its carnivores remains in place, though its online comment sections have been disabled following waves of hate-filled reactions.