A German zoo has scrapped plans to break up homosexual penguin couples following protests from gay rights groups.
The Bremerhaven Zoo had earlier flown in four female Humboldt penguins in an attempt to encourage three couples discovered to be all male to reproduce.
The zoo originally defended the experiment, claiming that the birds were an endangered species, but following protests from gay rights groups, director Heike Kueck has said that the zoo is abandoning the plan.
She said: "Everyone can live here as they please."