Zoo staff receive death threats after baboons culled and fed to lions
Why staff at this zoo are receiving death threats
- Tiergarten Nuremberg Zoo in Germany euthanised 12 Guinea baboons on 29 July due to severe overcrowding in their enclosure.
- The culled baboons were either used for scientific research or fed to carnivores, including lions, at the zoo.
- Zoo staff have since received death threats and insults, prompting a police investigation into the abuse.
- The zoo director stated that previous attempts to rehome the animals or use contraception had failed, and the overcrowding led to aggression among the baboons.
- The decision sparked outrage from animal rights activists, who protested the cull and plan to file a criminal complaint.