Members of animal protection groups scaled the zoo wall as a last effort to stop the killings, but were swiftly detained

A zoo in the German city of Nuremberg said it killed 12 baboons on Tuesday 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.