The Local Denmark https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Denmark horse owners in queue to donate dead animals to lions The number of horse owners offering to donate departed steeds for Copenhagen Zoo to feed them to lions has grown so much, there is currently a six-month waiting list. https://www.thelocal.dk/20171020/denmark-horse-owners-in-queue-to-donate-dead-animals-to-lions Fri, 20 Oct 2017 17:28:25 +0200 denmark-horse-owners-in-queue-to-donate-dead-animals-to-lions Danish zoo quietly dissects new lion Odense Zoo dissected a lion and an antelope over the weekend – this time without the international outrage that surrounded a similar event just months ago. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160118/danish-zoo-quietly-dissects-new-lion Mon, 18 Jan 2016 11:16:08 +0100 danish-zoo-quietly-dissects-new-lion Top ten incredibly bizarre Danish stories from 2015 From dissecting lions in front of children to death by potato, Danes have proved in 2015 that they are still capable of making the bizarre look banal. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151230/top-ten-bizarre-danish-stories-from-2015 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 18:23:14 +0100 top-ten-bizarre-danish-stories-from-2015 Despite outrage, Danish zoo dissects lion for kids UPDATED: An event that was heavily criticized from abroad went off as planned on Thursday as hundreds of school kids watched zookeepers cut up a dead lion. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151015/outrage-as-danish-zoo-dissects-lion-in-front-of-children Thu, 15 Oct 2015 18:20:53 +0200 outrage-as-danish-zoo-dissects-lion-in-front-of-children Danish zoo invites kids to watch lion dissection UPDATED: Should Denmark brace for a new round of international outrage? The Odense Zoo is preparing to perform a public autopsy on a lion. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151008/danish-zoo-kids-watch-lion-dissection Thu, 08 Oct 2015 11:51:26 +0200 danish-zoo-kids-watch-lion-dissection Danish parties take aim at trophy hunters Political polar opposites the Danish People’s Party (DF) and the Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) have found common ground over their opposition to the “reprehensible” and “outrageous” practice of canned hunting in South Africa. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150831/danish-political-parties-take-aim-at-trophy-hunters Mon, 31 Aug 2015 11:18:22 +0200 danish-political-parties-take-aim-at-trophy-hunters