Posted on 11/21/2002 5:10:07 PM PST by Libloather
Fired Zookeeper Gets Paid Despite Animal Feast
Fri Nov 8, 9:54 AM ET
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German zookeeper, fired last month for eating animals in a town zoo, was awarded six-months severance pay after reaching a settlement in a labor court on Thursday.
The town of Recklinghausen, north of Cologne, fired the zookeeper after he was caught barbecuing five Tibetan mountain chickens and two Cameroonian sheep at the zoo, popular with children who were allowed to stroke the animals.
The man, employed at the zoo since 1997, challenged the dismissal saying he had not been given the six-months notice stipulated in his contract.
The town agreed to pay him six months wages but said he need not return to work, according to the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper in Recklinghausen. Germany's laws make it extremely difficult for employers to fire workers.
But seriously don't they have a meat market where this guy lives. At least there it is all plucked, skinned and ready to go. Just throw it on the grill, no mess.
I guess he likes it meat REALLY fresh.
Do ya think he had a side of potatoes,veggies and sauerkraut with it?
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Oh I don't know. A Tibetian chicken dinner with an order of cameroon lamb chops on the side; sounds to me like he subscribes to the Atkins diet.
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