US EditionZoo Faces Online Backlash After Euthanizing 12 Healthy Baboons Due to Overcrowding
NUREMBERG, GERMANY, JUL 31 – The Nuremberg Zoo euthanised 12 healthy baboons after failed attempts at contraception and rehoming, citing overcrowding that raised aggression and injuries, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Tiergarten Nuremberg Zoo closed after euthanising 12 healthy Guinea baboons due to overcrowding, the zoo said.
- Recent overcrowding led to the guinea baboon enclosure reaching 22 baboons, exceeding its 12 capacity, with no viable re-housing options after failed efforts, the zoo said.
- The zoo explained that several attempts to rehome baboons and use contraception had failed, and samples were taken from the shot animals for research, the zoo said.
- Pro Wildlife and seven activists criticized the zoo after seven activists were arrested and the organisation filed a criminal complaint over the euthanasia of 12 baboons due to overcrowding.
- Amid the fallout, the controversy has reignited debate across Europe on ethical wildlife management, with renewed scrutiny on culling policies at modern zoos.
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After the killing of twelve baboons in the Tiergarten Nürnberg, more than 100 criminal charges have been filed with the prosecutor's office.
Despite massive criticism from animal welfare organisations, the Nuremberg Zoo had killed twelve healthy baboons because the group had become too large for the enclosure. Zoos in NRW are also busy with the fact that animal groups are becoming too large.
Despite protests, the Tiergarten had twelve primates shot – now the judiciary intervenes. After a three-digit number of advertisements, investigators from the public prosecutor's office in Nuremberg check whether there is a criminal offence.
For more than a year now, the controversial issue has been discussed. Because of lack of space, twelve monkeys have been shot in the zoo. The most important questions and answers.
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