Guinea baboons were culled at Nuremberg Zoo due to overcrowding, leading to protests, arrests, and criticism from animal rights groups over the controversial decision.

A zoo in the German city of Nuremberg says it has killed 12 baboons despite protests, capping a saga rooted in concerns that the zoo had too little space to house a growing group of the animals.

The Tiergarten Nürnberg Zoo in Southern Germany confirmed that it killed 12 healthy Guinea baboons due to overcrowding issues, prompting backlash from animals rights groups who claimed that they violated animal protection laws by doing so.