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 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 Zoo workers in Duisburg shot an orang-utan late on Monday evening after two of the apes escaped from their cage in the westerly city. https://www.thelocal.de/20150901/orang-utan-shot-after-shock-zoo-breakout Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:05:36 +0200 orang-utan-shot-after-shock-zoo-breakout Gunther von Hagens, the man behind the controversial anatomical Body Worlds exhibitions, on Friday reopened his Brandenburg plastination plant. The facility comes compete with a shop selling human and animal cross sections. https://www.thelocal.de/20100528/27491 Fri, 28 May 2010 14:48:00 +0200 27491 Cologne city officials are trying to determine the origins of a new romantic phenomenon dubbed “love locks” on a bridge stretching across the Rhine River. https://www.thelocal.de/20100126/24827 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:02:00 +0100 24827