Police stop slow truck and find two tigers
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.
Zoo chief threatened after shooting attack tiger
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.
Zoo chief 'had to kill tiger to try to save keeper'
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.
Boys who cried 'Tiger' say sorry for scare
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.
Lame tiger cub learning to walk with water therapy
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.
Hip cat: Tiger gets landmark artificial joint operation
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.