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 small tiger makes for a hustle and bustle in Northern Germany: born four months ago and rejected by her mother, the cat was raised on a bottle. Now, Elsa the tiger has learnt to play, run and "hunt". https://www.thelocal.de/20170111/how-a-family-in-germany-are-raising-an-abandoned-baby-tiger Wed, 11 Jan 2017 17:57:27 +0100 how-a-family-in-germany-are-raising-an-abandoned-baby-tiger Police in Saxony got a shock on Thursday when they stopped a truck for driving too slowly on the highway and found two tigers inside. https://www.thelocal.de/20141017/police-find-two-tigers-in-truck-saxony-germany Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:26:00 +0200 police-find-two-tigers-in-truck-saxony-germany The Cologne zoo director received so many threats since shooting dead a tiger which had killed a keeper that the zoo has removed its Facebook page from the internet. https://www.thelocal.de/20120831/44693 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:27:00 +0200 44693 Cologne’s zoo director had to shoot rather than tranquilise the tiger which had attacked his keeper in order to reach her and try to save her life, another zoo director said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120827/44603 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:20:00 +0200 44603 Four Bavarian boys who cried “Tiger” and sparked a huge police hunt for an escaped big cat have been told off by a judge. Three of the four will spend time in youth detention. https://www.thelocal.de/20120726/43995 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:12:00 +0200 43995 A partially paralyzed Malaysian tiger cub in Germany is showing signs that she may learn to walk thanks to special water therapy, zookeepers said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110223/33301 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:49:00 +0100 33301 A tiger in Germany has become the world's first to be given an artificial hip after a three-hour-operation by a team of vets that she only barely survived, Leipzig University said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110127/32711 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:03:00 +0100 32711 The circus-showman who was seriously injured by a tiger during a show in Hamburg last month is on the road to recovery, his father said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100103/24327 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:50:00 +0100 24327