The Nuremberg Zoo has killed 12 baboons due to chronic overcrowding, a decision that has triggered widespread public upset and legal complaints. Six of these baboons were dismembered and fed to ...
There are always surprises looming in the study of animal behavior. Just this week I learned that rare and critically endangered Ethiopian wolves living in the alpine grasslands form a pact with ...
Two recent examples of zoos in the news raise serious questions about the troubling nature of human-animal relationships. A few days ago, we learned that Germany's Tiergarten Nurnberg zoo killed 12 ...