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Zoo 'bitten' for animal meat
19/07/2007 16:21 - (SA)
Berlin - A mayor in eastern Germany has filed charges against workers at his local zoo for shooting animals and selling them as meat.
A spokesperson for the mayor's office said deer were among the animals killed and sold by workers at Erfurt Zoo without
permission over a number of years.
"The case is now with the state prosecutors," said the
spokesperson, declining to give further details.
The German Animal Protection League demanded a review of
controls at the zoo and at all other institutions with animals in the state of Thuringia.
"We are worried this is only the tip of the iceberg," said
Wolfgang Apel, president of the League, who also said the case
raised serious questions about the zoo's management.
Die Zeit newspaper quoted an anonymous zoo employee as
saying the number of animals had been declining and: "It is
high time something is done about it."
Erfurt Zoo, home to lions, elephants and giraffes as well
as horses, donkeys, sheep and goats, declined to comment.
Animal rights campaigners and federal authorities have
previously complained about the zoo's imports of wild elephants from South Africa.
- Reuters
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