After the death of Lion Subali: Nuremberg Zoo vehemently rejects PETA allegations

After the death of the lion Subali, the Nuremberg zoo is now defending itself against the PETA criticism.

It is "completely wrong conspiracy theories".

Nuremberg - About a week ago the Nuremberg zoo put its 15-year-old Asiatic lion Subali to sleep.

As an explanation, the zoo gave medical reasons.

The animal welfare organization PETA then demanded an independent investigation into the death of the lion and accused the zoo of improper methods in killing the lion.

The deputy zoo director Jörg Beckmann now

firmly

rejects the allegations made by the organization in

.

Nuremberg Zoo on PETA allegations: "Completely false conspiracy theories"

The allegations are merely “completely wrong conspiracy theories”.

“Subali was just old,” explained Beckmann.

“We know about animals.

We know how old lions get. "The 15 years are already a" proud age "for a big cat, says Beckmann.

He also points out that the public would probably not have been informed if the zoo had intentionally and secretly wanted to kill the lion.

Nuremberg Zoo: Death of the Lion Subali, according to PETA, "astonishing"

In a press release from the zoo * on the death of the lion, it is said that he had barely eaten in the past few weeks and had pain while walking - clear signs of old age. PETA doesn't see it that way. It is “astonishing” that the director of the zoo, Dag Encke, threatened to “kill Subali due to lack of space” in October and that a few months later he was “suddenly terminally ill”, says Peter Höffken from the animal rights organization.

Subali was born in Edinburgh in 2006 and, as an Asian tiger, is an endangered species. He previously lived in Poland and Spain until he came to Nuremberg * in 2018. He was assigned to the zoo as a breeding lion for the much younger Asiatic lioness Aarany. But as before in Poland and Spain, Subali did not father any offspring in Nuremberg. The possible sterility of the male seems to be the origin for the allegations of the animal welfare organization.