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The painful incident happened at the historic Artis Zoo in Amsterdam – the oldest zoo in the Netherlands.

It is not known when exactly the incident happened, with zoo director Haig Balian only saying it happened recently.

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Balian said: "Somehow it is also kind of sad, it was someone who really wanted to visit Artis. If it would have been a centimetre off he would have bled to death."

The zoo director said the man was caught by zoo workers who "had to remove the man from the fence".

Local media noted that several people have been arrested over the last weeks by the police after they tried to climb over the fences at Artis and they also handed out several fines.

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Balian shared the story of the pierced testicle on account of a recent burglary in the zoo which happened exactly one week ago.

The unknown thieves stole ten pelican eggs from an enclosure. One pelican even died after the intruders battered a bird, which broke its leg and later died from stress.

The egg-stealing intruders have not yet been caught by the police.

According to Balian further security measures have been taken since.

The pelicans were in the middle of their breeding season and only four eggs remained.

Balian told the unknown perpetrators had no clue of what damage they have caused to the zoo and the birds.

To him, it proves the point that the zoo's purpose is as valid as ever to "bridge the gap between humans and animals".