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Court bans zoo from letting children swim with crocodiles and alligators
At a unique zoo in Hesse, visitors can get up close and personal with deadly reptiles such as crocodiles and alligators. But on Thursday a court judge denied the zoo's appeal to be allowed to continue with these practices for children.
Zoo changes crocodile's name in political row
A zoo in Saxony is re-naming Fidel the crocodile, who is of Cuban descent, after cultural groups voiced concerns about associations with Communist revolutionary Fidel Castro.
Magdeburg waterworks keeps crocodile mascot
Nearly 40 years ago, the African nation of Mali gave former East Germany a baby crocodile as a gift. Now, Theophila is over three metres long and lives in Magdeburg's water treatment plant where she has become a local legend.