Overview

• The zoo’s Guinea baboon enclosure was designed for about 25 animals but now holds over 40 individuals, causing frequent fights and injuries.
• Tiergarten Nürnberg says all transfer efforts have failed to meet European breeding requirements, including a contested offer from the Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary backed by influencer Robert Marc Lehmann.
• Six organizations—including Pro Wildlife, Deutscher Tierschutzbund, PETA Deutschland, Bund gegen Missbrauch der Tiere, Vier Pfoten and the Deutsche Juristische Gesellschaft für Tierschutzrecht—have lodged an appeal to the city’s environmental committee.
• The groups contend that killing healthy baboons breaches Germany’s animal welfare law and are preparing criminal complaints should the zoo proceed.
• Critics warn that resorting to euthanasia exposes decades of inadequate breeding planning and could set a precedent for culling surplus zoo animals.