Posted on 08/01/2025 11:25:23 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A zoo in the German city of Nuremberg has announced it euthanised 12 baboons on Tuesday because of a lack of space for them, ending a saga rooted in concerns that it lacked space to house them due to an increase in animals. The plan to cull them caused great controversy in the country.
The Tiergarten Nürnberg Zoo first announced plans to sacrifice the baboons in February 2024. It has been said that it examined offers to take in some of the animals but was unable to make any of them work, according to CNN.
The plans drew criticism from animal rights groups. They also drew protests at the zoo, which said on Monday that it would have to begin to prepare for the euthanisation of the 16 baboons. On Tuesday morning, it announced that it was closing for the day for unspecified “operational reasons.”
Shortly afterwards, the zoo confirmed the animals had been killed, German news agency DPA reported. Activists now plan to file a criminal complaint.
Rising tensions amongst baboons
The facility, built in the late 2000s to house 25 animals and their young, had reached 43 primates—prompting rising tensions within the troop and concern among zookeepers, CNN added.
Nuremberg Zoo defended the move as a last resort, citing welfare concerns caused by overcrowding and escalating conflict among the baboons.
Culling healthy animals in European zoos isn’t new—but it remains deeply divisive. In 2014, Copenhagen Zoo faced global backlash after killing a healthy giraffe in public, later feeding it to lions. Nuremberg’s decision, although less theatrical, is no less shocking to many.
Is it just me or is it weird they use the word "sacrifice." That implies it wasn't done for pragmatic reasons, but as some kind of offering to a deity?
WHy didn’t they contact the Democrat party? They’re always looking for the next Dem Congressional ‘rock star’ to join forces with Pocohontas and AOC.
“Rising tensions amongst baboons”
Which is exactly how the global elites see it when the people of their realms start to speak their minds.
Tastes like chicken?
Why don’t they try to raise funds by selling baboon BBQ sandwiches for say $100 or $200 a sandwich?
And yet they import more muslims.
Have they tried birth control?
I thought they might be referring to leftist politicians the way I do. Get rid of the baboons does not make me immediately think of zoo animals.
euthanised 12 baboons on Tuesday because of a lack of space for them, ending a saga rooted in concerns that it lacked space to house them due to an increase in animals
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Lack of space for animals
How did this get reported?
Excellent observation.
No other zoos would take them?
Sounds suspicious................
Some animals reproduce well in zoos. There is always an overabundance of them.
Lions fall in that category. Perhaps Baboons as well.
All things have their limits.
I imagine there are quite a few places where the baboons could be released among the human population and fit right in.
Guess Baboons need more Lebensraum.
They were looking for a final solution to the problem
Isn’t that what they call “bushmeat”?
Just turn them loose where there are other baboons and let them try to survive on their own...
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