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2 hours ago
- Times
Births, marriages and deaths: August 7, 2025
THEREFORE the LORD waits to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show mercy to you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him. Isaiah 30.18 (NRSV) Bible verses are provided by the Bible Society. JONES on 4th August 2025 to Victoria (née Wilkinson) and Geoffrey, a daughter, Thea Maggie Primrose, sister to Autumn and Olive. MR C. L. HUNTINGFORD AND MISS N. B. DE WATTEVILLE The engagement is announced between Charlie, son of Mr and Mrs Richard Huntingford of Barnes, London, and Natalia, daughter of Mr James de Watteville of Winchester, Hampshire, and Mrs Rupert Allison of Maidford, Northamptonshire. MR A. T. O. CHAMBERLAIN AND MISS M. I. PLOWDEN The engagement is announced between Alexander, son of Mr and Mrs Christopher Chamberlain of White Colne, Essex, and Mary, daughter of Mr and Mrs Roger Plowden of Lydbury North, Shropshire.
Sky News
4 hours ago
- Sky News
Zoo staff face death threats for feeding baboon remains to lions
Staff at a zoo in Germany which culled 12 baboons and fed their carcasses to the lions say they have received death threats. Tiergarten Nuremberg euthanised the healthy Guinea baboons at the end of July due to overcrowding in their enclosure. Some remains were used for research while the rest were fed to the zoo's carnivores. Plans to kill the baboons were first announced last year after the population exceeded 40, and protestors gathered outside the zoo to show their outrage. When the site closed last Tuesday to carry out the cull, several activists were arrested after climbing the fence. The director of the zoo defended the decision, saying efforts to sterilise and rehome some baboons had failed. "We love these animals. We want to save a species. But for the sake of the species, we have to kill individuals otherwise we are not able to keep up a population in a restricted area," Dr Dag Encke told Sky News. 'The staff are suffering' He said police are investigating after he and the staff were sent death threats. "The staff are really suffering, sorting out all these bad words, insults and threats," Dr Encke said. "The normal threat is 'we will kill you, and we'll feed you to the lions'. "But what is really disgusting is when they say that's worse than Dr Mengele from the National Socialists, who was one of the most cruel people in human history. "That is really insulting all the victims of the Second World War and the Nazi regime." Josef Mengele was a Nazi officer who performed deadly experiments on prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Second World War. Zoo animals 'treated as commodities' Culling animals and feeding them to predators isn't unheard of in zoos. In 2014, Copenhagen Zoo caused controversy by euthanizing an 18-month-old male giraffe called Marius and feeding his body to the lions. At the time, the zoo said it was due to a duty to avoid inbreeding. Dr Mark Jones, a vet and head of policy at Born Free Foundation, a charity which campaigns for animals to be kept in the wild, denounced the practice and said thousands of healthy animals are being destroyed by zoos each year. "It reflects the fact animals in zoos are often treated as commodities that are disposable or replaceable," he said. Zoo asks for unwanted pets Earlier this week, a zoo in Denmark faced a backlash for asking for unwanted pets to be donated to be used as food for its predators. In a Facebook post, Aalborg Zoo said it could take smaller live animals such as chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs, as well as horses under 147cm. It said the animals would be euthanised by specially trained staff before being fed to carnivores like the European lynx. While some people supported the scheme, saying they had donated animals in the past, others are outraged. "The very idea of a zoo offering to take unwanted pets in order to kill them and feed them to their predators will, I think, horrify most right-minded people," said Dr Jones. Aalborg Zoo has now closed the post to comments and said in a statement: "For many years at Aalborg Zoo, we have fed our carnivores with smaller livestock. "When keeping carnivores, it is necessary to provide them with meat, preferably with fur, bones, etc., to give them as natural a diet as possible. "Therefore, it makes sense to allow animals that need to be euthanised for various reasons to be of use in this way.
The Independent
4 hours ago
- The Independent
Why thousands now face travel misery at popular airport
Flights at Birmingham Airport were suspended for over five hours on Wednesday following an emergency landing by a light aircraft. The incident, involving a Beechcraft B200 Super King Air, occurred due to landing gear problems, leading to the runway's closure from 2:40 PM until shortly before 8 PM. Three people on board the aircraft were assessed by West Midlands Ambulance Service, with one person sustaining minor injuries. The emergency caused significant delays for passengers, both those departing from and arriving at Birmingham, even after the runway reopened. The Air Accidents Investigations Branch (AAIB) has launched an investigation into the incident, with a team of experts dispatched to the scene.
