Environment: Till Backhaus – The Torturer of Timmy
EDITORIAL. Till Backhaus, SPD Environment Minister of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has become the face of deliberate, state-sponsored animal cruelty in Germany. For 14 days he has personally ensured that the humpback whale Timmy is left to die a slow, agonising death in the shallow waters of the Wismarer Bucht. No rescue. No euthanasia. Only the cynical order to “let the… Weiterlesen »

