And the Last Barbary Macaque Tasted Just Right...

Nick Gillespie | May 17, 2006

A little birdy sends news of a gruesome zoo tragedy in the supposedly super-tolerant Netherlands:

Bears killed and ate a monkey in a Dutch zoo in front of horrified visitors, witnesses and the zoo said Monday....

The [Beekse Bergen Safari Park] confirmed the killing in a statement, saying: "In an area where Sloth bears, great apes and Barbary macaques have coexisted peacefully for a long time, the harmony was temporarily disturbed during opening hours on Sunday."

The real import of the story (if there is one)? The zoo--ok, safari park--only copped to the event because "witness Marco Berelds posted a detailed report on the incident, including photos, on a Dutch Web site." Whole thing here.

Reminders of far more serious intolerance issues in the land of the wooden shoes here and here.