https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A cobra was still on the loose in the western German town of Herne on Wednesday, with local residents told to keep their windows closed and steer clear of long grass. https://www.thelocal.de/20190828/escaped-deadly-cobra-still-on-the-loose-in-western-german-town-snake Wed, 28 Aug 2019 10:43:49 +0200 escaped-deadly-cobra-still-on-the-loose-in-western-german-town-snake Like many of us, the rat overindulged during the Christmas period and added a little ‘Winterspeck’ to its hips. A team of eight firefighters worked together to free the chubby rodent. https://www.thelocal.de/20190227/german-fire-department-free-chubby-rat-from-manhole-cover Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:07:27 +0100 german-fire-department-free-chubby-rat-from-manhole-cover After a regional train in the state of Baden-Württemberg drove into a herd of sheep on Wednesday morning, 50 animals were killed. https://www.thelocal.de/20180606/train-in-southwestern-germany-rams-into-herd-of-sheep-killing-45-animals Wed, 06 Jun 2018 14:06:46 +0200 train-in-southwestern-germany-rams-into-herd-of-sheep-killing-45-animals The Dortmund highway patrol police performed a rather unusual rescue over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.de/20170522/ducklings-saved-from-road-by-police-officers-hat Mon, 22 May 2017 19:05:56 +0200 ducklings-saved-from-road-by-police-officers-hat A hunter says he hopes the unfortunate fate of a fox who froze in Germany's river Danube will act as a stark "warning" to anyone considering walking on frozen waterways. https://www.thelocal.de/20170113/how-this-frozen-fox-became-a-grim-winter-warning Fri, 13 Jan 2017 20:00:00 +0100 how-this-frozen-fox-became-a-grim-winter-warning The giant bamboo-eating bears will move into a brand new 5,000 square-metre enclosure in the capital's Zoologischer Garten. https://www.thelocal.de/20161020/berlin-zoo-to-have-a-pair-of-pandas-by-next-summer Thu, 20 Oct 2016 16:13:41 +0200 berlin-zoo-to-have-a-pair-of-pandas-by-next-summer Police in Offenbach are still searching for Rudi the micro-pig, who went missing from an allotment on Saturday. Now his plight has made national headlines. https://www.thelocal.de/20161012/35cm-long-micro-pig-stolen-from-allotment-offenbach-hesse Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:11:10 +0200 35cm-long-micro-pig-stolen-from-allotment-offenbach-hesse A family's much-loved cat who went missing from her home in the north-eastern Swiss city of St Gallen more than a year ago has been found 600 kilometres away in Bonn, Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20160930/missing-swiss-cat-turns-up-600km-from-home Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:28:00 +0200 missing-swiss-cat-turns-up-600km-from-home A new study reveals that genetic manipulation of mice, rats, cows and pigs has increased threefold since 2004. https://www.thelocal.de/20160810/study-genetic-testing-on-animals-has-tripled-over-10-years-in-germany-gmo-genetically-modified Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:26:15 +0200 study-genetic-testing-on-animals-has-tripled-over-10-years-in-germany-gmo-genetically-modified Nearly 50 horses used their newfound freedom at the weekend to wreak a bit of havoc in a Lower Saxon town. https://www.thelocal.de/20160801/team-of-escaped-horses-trample-police-car-run-amok-in-small-town Mon, 01 Aug 2016 14:24:20 +0200 team-of-escaped-horses-trample-police-car-run-amok-in-small-town Lidl is the first German supermarket chain to get the official 'GM-free' certification on its own-brand milk. https://www.thelocal.de/20160711/lidls-cows-are-going-on-a-gm-free-diet Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:12:44 +0200 lidls-cows-are-going-on-a-gm-free-diet Two weeks ago, a German chicken-farming couple thought themselves lucky when they discovered a sizeable 184-gram egg - until their hen laid an even bigger one. https://www.thelocal.de/20160315/farmer-cracks-own-record-with-records-biggest-egg Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:23:59 +0100 farmer-cracks-own-record-with-records-biggest-egg There were hectic scenes in eastern Bavaria on Monday, as the circus which owns Germany's last travelling bear tried to hide the animal from police - but to no avail. https://www.thelocal.de/20160314/germanys-last-travelling-circus-bear-seized-by-police Mon, 14 Mar 2016 18:42:59 +0100 germanys-last-travelling-circus-bear-seized-by-police Bremerhaven's Zoo by the Sea (Zoo am Meer) was celebrating this week after the latest happy event for mother polar bear Valeska. https://www.thelocal.de/20151221/bremerhaven-zoo-greets-baby-polar-bear Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:58:21 +0100 bremerhaven-zoo-greets-baby-polar-bear Rabbit breeding: it's not exactly a typical hobby for a ten-year-old. But for Tim Behringer, it's a way of life - and last month, the young Bavarian received an international award for his hard work. https://www.thelocal.de/20151215/bavarian-youngster-is-europe-rabbit-breeding-champ Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:20:22 +0100 bavarian-youngster-is-europe-rabbit-breeding-champ When pet cat Aljosha disappeared from his home in North Rhine-Westphalia for seven weeks, his owner feared the worst. But Aljosha hadn't gone far – he'd been holed up in a neighbour's wine cellar lapping up €40 worth of Riesling. https://www.thelocal.de/20151020/cat-hungover-after-seven-week-drinking-session Tue, 20 Oct 2015 18:06:37 +0200 cat-hungover-after-seven-week-drinking-session Firefighters in Düsseldorf proved that every life matters on Sunday – by rescuing 25 fish after an apartment blaze. https://www.thelocal.de/20151019/firefighters-who-saved-pet-fish-its-our-duty Mon, 19 Oct 2015 19:25:55 +0200 firefighters-who-saved-pet-fish-its-our-duty Four years after Berlin's celebrity polar bear Knut died, a neuroscientist has discovered the cause of death - an autoimmune disorder which affected his brain. https://www.thelocal.de/20150828/scientist-discovers-why-knut-the-polar-bear-died Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:42:51 +0200 scientist-discovers-why-knut-the-polar-bear-died Three pygmy marmosets - the world's smallest monkey species - have been stolen from a zoo in the western German city of Dortmund, police said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150813/three-tiny-monkeys-stolen-from-german-zoo Thu, 13 Aug 2015 10:51:13 +0200 three-tiny-monkeys-stolen-from-german-zoo A woman from Lower Saxony was stopped by police on Tuesday – for trying to carry a Shetland Pony out of the country in the boot of her Fiat Panda. https://www.thelocal.de/20150804/woman Tue, 04 Aug 2015 18:35:59 +0200 woman