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Penguin found decapitated in car park after being stolen from German zoo
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Penguin found decapitated in car park after being stolen from German zoo
Police launch hunt for perpetrators after Humboldt's body displayed on fence
Lizzie Dearden | @lizziedearden | Thursday 16 February 2017 17:11 GMT|
A penguin has been found decapitated near a car park after being stolen from a German zoo. ... The young bird went missing from the Luisenpark in Mannheim on Saturday, sparking a police investigation.
A passer-by found the penguin’s body on Thursday morning, mounted on a fence on the edge of a nearby car park.
A spokesperson for Mannheim Police told The Independent the Humboldt’s head had been removed.
Investigators are now hunting for the perpetrators, having found no evidence the penguin could have escaped its enclosure alone or been attacked by a wild animal.
Police launch hunt for perpetrators after Humboldt's body displayed on fence
Lizzie Dearden | @lizziedearden | Thursday 16 February 2017 17:11 GMT|
A penguin has been found decapitated near a car park after being stolen from a German zoo. ... The young bird went missing from the Luisenpark in Mannheim on Saturday, sparking a police investigation.
A passer-by found the penguin’s body on Thursday morning, mounted on a fence on the edge of a nearby car park.
A spokesperson for Mannheim Police told The Independent the Humboldt’s head had been removed.
Investigators are now hunting for the perpetrators, having found no evidence the penguin could have escaped its enclosure alone or been attacked by a wild animal.
Date 16.02.2017
German zoos targeted by organized crime for animal theft
After days of media speculation, the lifeless body of a penguin, stolen from an animal park, was found in a car park. The Humboldt penguin case is the latest in a string of animals thefts from zoos across Germany.
Sometime between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday an unknown criminal brazenly snatched a Humboldt penguin known as Number 53 from its enclosure. The peak-hour theft wasn't noticed until a routine afternoon headcount, by which stage the South American penguin was long gone.
By Thursday afternoon the flightless bird was found dead, discarded in a car park.
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Latest in a series of thefts
The apparent theft of Number 53 was just the latest in a string of thefts from zoos in Germany. In December 2015 two hyacinth macaws, worth up to 40,000 euros on the black market, were stolen from Krefeld Zoo. Just six months earlier thieves had stolen three of Golden Lion-tailed monkeys from the same zoo. Police suspected it was the same group of thieves in each case and local media reported links to eastern Europe at the time.
German zoos targeted by organized crime for animal theft
After days of media speculation, the lifeless body of a penguin, stolen from an animal park, was found in a car park. The Humboldt penguin case is the latest in a string of animals thefts from zoos across Germany.
Sometime between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday an unknown criminal brazenly snatched a Humboldt penguin known as Number 53 from its enclosure. The peak-hour theft wasn't noticed until a routine afternoon headcount, by which stage the South American penguin was long gone.
By Thursday afternoon the flightless bird was found dead, discarded in a car park.
....
Latest in a series of thefts
The apparent theft of Number 53 was just the latest in a string of thefts from zoos in Germany. In December 2015 two hyacinth macaws, worth up to 40,000 euros on the black market, were stolen from Krefeld Zoo. Just six months earlier thieves had stolen three of Golden Lion-tailed monkeys from the same zoo. Police suspected it was the same group of thieves in each case and local media reported links to eastern Europe at the time.
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