Tierpark veterinarian Christine Gohl has been accompanying thousands of animals at Munich Zoo for 21 years, from birth to death. A conversation about their duties, the ruthlessness of nature and why there is no cemetery in the zoo.Interviewed by Philip CronesIn addition to veterinarian Christine Gohl, five other people are sitting at the table. She is flanked by a colleague, the head of the zoo, press officers, the head of the zoo. Apparently, the topic of death in the zoo...
When Green Week begins in Berlin on Friday, it won't just be a demonstration of good food and life. 1400 exhibitors of the culinary giant show will not save with references to sustainability and animal welfare. No farmer's wife and no professional association wants to be left alone with not paying attention to environmental protection or species-appropriate rearing when it comes to nutrition. Behind the scenes, however, there is fighting, especially over animal husbandry.There will also be a debate about...
A 5.5 hectare area with a striking yellow and white wall on the northern edge of Bamberg's city centre. About 1,000 pigs and 150 cattle are slaughtered on this site every day - according to the will of some city council factions, not for long: They want to close the Bamberg slaughterhouse and use the property for other purposes. The slaughterhouse has been a public limited company since 2020. In January 2023, the city council will decide on the future...
Africa lies sleepy in the Japanese winter forest. Animal keeper Hideki Takehana steers the minibus through the sloping terrain of the Morioka Zoological Park in the north of the Japanese main island of Honshu. He points past needles and bare deciduous trees to a group of buildings and empty outdoor enclosures. Here is the area in the zoo where the animals from the second largest continent in the world are housed. The park is closed for renovations, so nothing is...
An unknown person is said to have killed five bee colonies in Bad Rodach (Coburg district). It was initially unclear what caused the animals to die, as a police spokesman said. The 72-year-old beekeeper rules out a natural death. There were no signs of illness during the year. According to his assumptions, an unknown person brought poison into the beehives. The police are investigating a violation of the Animal Welfare Act and property damage. source site
A comment from Christina BerndtOne thing is clear: animals have the right to be treated as well as possible. And that's why you can only harm them or kill them if there's a very, very good reason for it. Irritatingly, most people only see this requirement as fulfilled when they want to eat an animal. On the other hand, according to various surveys, many people in Germany and Europe would like to significantly limit or even abolish animal experiments. source...
In the Upper Palatinate, a young part-time farmer shows how an old tie barn can be converted into modern cattle farming with the highest animal welfare standards with reasonable effort. A visit. Three or four farms, a trailer workshop and a few residential buildings: That's Ponholz in the Cham district. On gray winter days, the air here in the Oberpfälzer Hügelland feels particularly cold, especially when thick, wet snowflakes are falling. Wafts of clouds pass through the woods, swallowing every...
Three or four farms, a trailer workshop and a few residential buildings: That's Ponholz in the Cham district. On gray winter days, the air here in the Oberpfälzer Hügelland feels particularly cold, especially when thick, wet snowflakes are falling. Wafts of clouds pass through the woods, swallowing every sound. It's a godforsaken area. In the animal welfare scene and with Minister of Agriculture Michaela Kaniber (CSU), however, Ponholz has a special sound. Because here is the farm of Josef and...
This monkey seems to have a glorious life. The Guereza spends more than half of the day dormant. Since he previously consumed large quantities of unripe fruit and leaves, which "creates tormenting gases in the digestive tract", he "gets relief by burping and farting" during his breaks, but the monkeys in the forest don't mind that. In addition to resting and eating, they "devote themselves to general grooming, practice flying through the treetops, play or let the sun burn on...
In moments of uncontrolled contemplation, the question arises as to whether animals also celebrate Christmas. The thought is not entirely far-fetched, because at the Ur-Christmas there were at least an ox and a donkey, and that could have set a precedent. On the other hand, it can be assumed that geese or carp are extremely skeptical about the festival.But it can't be entirely wrong to think of the animal world in these dark times when radiators should stay cold but...
