A German zoo has sparked condemnation after culling 12 baboons amid fears the group had grown too large for their enclosure, while contraception had failed to stop the primates from breeding.
Nuremberg Zoo first announced plans to kill a number of baboons it did not have space for in February 2024.
Zoo officials said that they had examined offers to take in some of the animals, but they were unable to make any of them work.
Director Dag Encke said previously that the 'sensible' plan to kill off nearly half of the baboon population in the zoo would help 'ensure the survival' of the species.
The zoo had been housing 43 Guinea baboons in an enclosure, built in the late 2000s, that had originally intended to accommodate 25 animals plus their young.
