[!CrackMonkey!] mmmmm . . . zoo animals

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20021108/od_nm/zoo_dc_1

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German zookeeper, fired last month for eating 
animals in a town zoo, was awarded six-months severance pay after 
reaching a settlement in a labor court on Thursday.

The town of Recklinghausen, north of Cologne, fired the zookeeper 
after he was caught barbecuing five Tibetan mountain chickens and two 
Cameroonian sheep at the zoo, popular with children who were allowed 
to stroke the animals. 

The man, employed at the zoo since 1997, challenged the dismissal 
saying he had not been given the six-months notice stipulated in his 
contract. 

The town agreed to pay him six months wages but said he need not 
return to work, according to the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung 
newspaper in Recklinghausen. Germany's laws make it extremely 
difficult for employers to fire workers. 
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