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 Germany is set to be the first country to ban mass shredding of male chicks in the poultry industry, the government said Wednesday after approving a draft law on the controversial practice. https://www.thelocal.de/20210120/germany-plans-to-end-shredding-of-male-chicks-from-2022-draft-law Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:26:20 +0100 germany-plans-to-end-shredding-of-male-chicks-from-2022-draft-law An animal rights activist was sentenced to a year's probation on Thursday after a demonstration gone wrong caused injury to two children at a pony carousel. https://www.thelocal.de/20171208/animal-rights-activist-given-probation-for-causing-injury-to-children-by-startling-their-ponies Fri, 08 Dec 2017 17:11:30 +0100 animal-rights-activist-given-probation-for-causing-injury-to-children-by-startling-their-ponies Zookeepers are being accused of abusing young elephants in Hanover after activists caught them on film hitting the animals, public broadcaster ARD reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20170404/hanover-zookeepers-reportedly-caught-on-film-abusing-young-elephants Tue, 04 Apr 2017 20:15:46 +0200 hanover-zookeepers-reportedly-caught-on-film-abusing-young-elephants An animal protection group has started deploying their own “fur police” in big German cities to inform people about what their clothes are made of. But at least one real police department isn’t too pleased about their new imitators. https://www.thelocal.de/20170117/video-fur-police-activists-busted-for-dressing-like-real-cops Tue, 17 Jan 2017 13:41:45 +0100 video-fur-police-activists-busted-for-dressing-like-real-cops A court in western Germany said on Friday that there was no legal obstacle to the practice of shredding male chicks shortly after they are hatched, in a big setback for animal rights activists. https://www.thelocal.de/20160520/keep-shredding-millions-of-male-chicks-court-tells-farmers Fri, 20 May 2016 17:43:06 +0200 keep-shredding-millions-of-male-chicks-court-tells-farmers A farmer in central Germany woke up on Sunday morning to the horrifying sight of 40 of his chickens with their heads ripped off by brute force. https://www.thelocal.de/20160517/unknown-attackers-rip-heads-off-40-chickens Tue, 17 May 2016 15:56:44 +0200 unknown-attackers-rip-heads-off-40-chickens An ostrich at a circus in Munich was hit by a car and died shortly after animal rights activists opened its cage. https://www.thelocal.de/20160420/ostrich-dies-after-being-freed-by-animal-rights-activists Wed, 20 Apr 2016 16:27:16 +0200 ostrich-dies-after-being-freed-by-animal-rights-activists The German government has decided it prefers a voluntary agreement with chicken farmers to binding legal rules to stop the practice of shredding male chicks. https://www.thelocal.de/20160318/berlin-refuses-legal-ban-on-shredding-chicks Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:07:14 +0100 berlin-refuses-legal-ban-on-shredding-chicks 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 Thousands of Berliners have signed a petition to keep a police dog together with his handler after finding out that the two were going to be separated. https://www.thelocal.de/20160219/berliners-fight-for-police-dog-sam-to-stay-with-his-man Fri, 19 Feb 2016 11:32:48 +0100 berliners-fight-for-police-dog-sam-to-stay-with-his-man Berliners were outraged this week after it emerged that some tourist souvenir stands are selling hats made of dog fur. The Local headed to sightseeing hotspots to investigate. https://www.thelocal.de/20151106/berlin-hat-sellers-stock-seized-after-dog-fur-outrage Fri, 06 Nov 2015 14:54:02 +0100 berlin-hat-sellers-stock-seized-after-dog-fur-outrage A Berlin court has ordered a cat owner to have her hairless Sphynx cat castrated – because it would be animal cruelty to let the naked pet breed. https://www.thelocal.de/20150924/willi-the-naked-cat-must-be-castrated-court-rules Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:18:25 +0200 willi-the-naked-cat-must-be-castrated-court-rules Hesse environment minister Priska Hinz said on Tuesday that the state would ban circuses from keeping wild animals and push for a nationwide stop to the practice, after an escaped elephant killed a pensioner on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150617/hesse-pushes-for-circus-animal-ban Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:22:08 +0200 hesse-pushes-for-circus-animal-ban The widow of a farmer killed by one of his bulls earlier this month is suing an animal rights group that used an image of her deceased husband for slandering the memory of the dead, it was reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150128/deceased-farmers-family-sue-animal-rights-group Wed, 28 Jan 2015 10:10:27 +0100 deceased-farmers-family-sue-animal-rights-group Local officals rescued 31 neglected animals from a house in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140904/more-than-30-animals-rescued-from-animal-hoarder Thu, 04 Sep 2014 18:18:00 +0200 more-than-30-animals-rescued-from-animal-hoarder Friedrich Mülln has been dragged through the courts and threatened with murder during his years of animal rights activism. His latest court case was in Munich this week but he tells The Local he has no plans to give up the fight. https://www.thelocal.de/20140829/exception-made-in-court-for-passionate-animal-activist Fri, 29 Aug 2014 10:11:00 +0200 exception-made-in-court-for-passionate-animal-activist One of Berlin’s two famous bears living in a controversial compound in the centre of the city has died. Maxi was 27 years old and had become a symbol of Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20130826/51587 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:58:00 +0200 51587 Pregnant sows kept alone in small cages for months, unable to lie down or turn around: the EU estimates a third of German pig farmers are not observing its animal protection laws. https://www.thelocal.de/20130213/47927 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:21:00 +0100 47927 German parliament has passed a law making bestiality illegal, while at the same time continuing to allow farming practices such as branding horses and castrating pigs without anaesthetic, to the anger of animal rights activists. https://www.thelocal.de/20121214/46781 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:55:00 +0100 46781 A German ban of an animal cruelty campaign which set images of abused animals next to photographs of people in Holocaust death camps, has been upheld unanimously by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). https://www.thelocal.de/20121108/46059 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:43:00 +0100 46059