PETA urges tougher wild animal laws in Germany after tiger escape

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2026-05-18

Berlin (dpa) - Animal rights group PETA on Sunday called for stricter rules on keeping dangerous wild animals after a tiger escaped from a private facility near the eastern German city of Leipzig, seriously injuring a 73-year-old man before police shot the animal dead. "The federal government must finally act," Peter Höfgen, PETA's specialist adviser on wild animals, told dpa. The incident showed that keeping dangerous wild animals in private own......

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