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Fired Zookeeper Gets Paid Despite Animal Feast (Halt Mein **burp**)
Yahoo News ^ | 11/08/02

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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: animal; feast; fired; germany; zookeeper
I've heard Tibetan mountain chickens taste kinda like owl. Cameroonian sheep taste like, well, sheep.
1 posted on 11/21/2002 5:10:08 PM PST by Libloather
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To: eabinga
ping
2 posted on 11/21/2002 5:11:04 PM PST by agitator
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To: Libloather
Six months' notice, my a$$!

This is why Germany's economy is in the toilet, because of labor laws like this.

3 posted on 11/21/2002 5:13:30 PM PST by wimpycat
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To: Libloather
Obviously, this guy prefers his meat 'rare'
4 posted on 11/21/2002 5:14:19 PM PST by DaBroasta
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To: Libloather
You think of everything, thank you!
5 posted on 11/21/2002 5:28:39 PM PST by Argh
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To: Libloather
LOL

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.

6 posted on 11/21/2002 5:37:14 PM PST by MotleyGirl70
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To: DaBroasta
I hope he had a nice frothy bier with his meal.

Do ya think he had a side of potatoes,veggies and sauerkraut with it?

7 posted on 11/21/2002 5:49:47 PM PST by MotleyGirl70
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To: Libloather
Ich bin ein scheistkopf.
8 posted on 11/21/2002 5:51:37 PM PST by MotleyGirl70
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To: Libloather
Look for the Union label...

And RUN~~~!!!!
9 posted on 11/21/2002 6:18:56 PM PST by MonroeDNA
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To: Libloather
I have always wanted to save a spotted owl, for my barbeque!
10 posted on 11/21/2002 6:49:41 PM PST by LibKill
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To: Libloather
mmmmm. . . zoo animals.

dep

11 posted on 11/21/2002 6:51:28 PM PST by dep
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To: MotleyGirl70
Do ya think he had a side of potatoes,veggies and sauerkraut with it?

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.

12 posted on 11/21/2002 7:03:58 PM PST by DaBroasta
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To: Libloather
spotted owls?
13 posted on 11/21/2002 7:40:51 PM PST by Pushi
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