Outcry after German zoo culled baboons due to overcrowding
A zoo in the city of Nuremberg in South German took out 12 healthy guinea my father because of the extreme crowd in their preservation, and then fed to predators.
Seven animal rights activists were arrested on Tuesday after entering the Tiergarten Nürnberg Zoo to protest against the decision. A woman glued her hands to the place near the entrance.
The zoo said that extreme crowds caused “increase in conflicts” among the babuns and that no alternatives were found to re -host them.
Christoph Maisack, President of the German Animal Protection Law Association, said that allowing animals to be produced very freely can “create such a reason” for the murder.
The zoo in Nürnberg announced that it plans to kill some Guinea babuns last year after the population exceeded 40 – more than 25 can be hosted by a complex completed in 2009.
The zoo said that the animals in other countries have previously been sent and contraception measures could not slow down population growth.
On Tuesday morning, the zoo announced that it was closed for “operational reasons” and triggered the climbing of the zoo to the fence of the zoo near the entrance to which the demonstrators were arrested.
Later, the zoo confirmed that none of them killed the babuns who were not part of pregnant women or scientific studies. Animals were shot, samples were taken for research, then their bodies were fed to the predators of the zoo.
Dag Encke, the director of the zoo, said that the decision was “after years of thought” and the excretion of animals may be a legitimate last resort to protect the population “.
ENCKE, the action is compatible with the criteria set by the European Zoo and Aquarium Association (EAZA), he added.
Animal Rights Groups, “Perfect Health” to expel the babuns filed a criminal complaint against the zoo.
Pro Wildlife spokesman said that the decision was “prevented and illegal”: “HEALL GAZER should be killed because of the irresponsible and sustainable reproductive policies for decades.”
European zoos had previously led to controversy to eliminate animals.
Another zoo in 2014 Copenhagen took a giraffe – Marius was called – because genes were very close to other giraffes in the reproductive program of the zoo.
Giraffe after death – the carcass is the skin of the carcass, and then fed to the lions – Online released live.
