After the veterinary office and animal welfare association rescued 20 cats from a completely littered house in Grünwald last week, the animal welfare violations are now being assessed by experts. This is announced by the district office. It is also about a possible criminal law relevance. Since the house was uninhabited, administrative assistance from the police was not necessary. There is no way to sustainably prevent such so-called animal hoarding from happening as long as it is not classified as...
A stench of feces, ammonia and putrefaction - that was the first thing the veterinary office staff encountered when they entered a house near Grünwald. The veterinarians have seen a lot in their work, but the misery they encountered on their most recent assignment shocked them deeply. A middle-aged woman locked 20 cats in her home in the middle of a housing estate. These had to live in the midst of dirt, excrement, empty food bowls and even two animal...
A stench of feces, ammonia and putrefaction - that was the first thing the veterinary office staff encountered when they entered a house near Grünwald. The veterinarians have seen a lot in their work, but the misery they encountered on their most recent assignment shocked them deeply. A middle-aged woman locked 20 cats in her home in the middle of a housing estate. These had to live in the midst of dirt, excrement, empty food bowls and even two animal...
Overcrowded stables, emaciated cows, inflamed claws with rotten bandages and cattle lying in excrement: Gabriele Fuchs uses photos to describe the conditions on the large farm of an Allgäu family in December 2019. The cows and calves there suffered "unbelievable pain" have to - and that "not just since yesterday," says the official veterinarian.The former managers of the dairy farm, a married couple and their adult son, have been answerable to the Kempten District Court for massive violations of the...
In Europe, there is evidently a historic decline in birds. According to a study by an international team of scientists, the EU countries and Great Britain lost almost every fifth breeding bird in the past 40 years. This means that around 600 million fewer birds live on the territory of the European Union than in 1980. This corresponds to a loss of more than 40,000 birds per day.According to the study, the massive decline in birds can be traced back...
Man is a strange animal. He builds skyscrapers, flies to the moon and communicates in highly complex languages. From his admittedly impressive abilities, he derives the claim to be better than all other living beings and to have more rights. Also the right to mistreat other animals and the whole planet.In times of climate change and species extinction, it would be time to finally say goodbye to this anthropocentric view. For example, it would be appropriate to also legally recognize...
Moral issues often depend on the point of view from which one looks at the world. Wherever Suthipong Nakwichian, 59, says, he is an animal lover. His five-year-old monkey, Khun Thong, climbs ten meters above him in the palm trees to harvest coconuts. With the rich, gentle thump of a bowling ball, another nut lands on the soft ground. Khun Thong is one of around 3,000 macaques that were trained in Thailand to help with the coconut harvest. He works...
Fur seals, aren't they long-bearded men with pipes in the corner of their mouths? Yes, yes, but fur seals can also be small and fluffy - and keep the police busy.What's a fur seal again? An old man with a beard, a pipe in the corner of his mouth and a striped sweater? Captain Haddock, Captain Igloo and Captain Bluebear come to mind. Fur seals are also mythical sea beasts. According to marine fauna expert SpongeBob SquarePants, the fur seal...
Every relationship is good when it has a founding myth. So you can keep telling yourself how it all began and strengthen the connection. In the relationship between humans and horses, however, it is not only the fact that one of the partners shouldn't care about such stories. Above all, there has been a lack of essential facts about where the two met a few millennia ago. This puzzle has now been solved, a group around Ludovic Orlando from the...
San Mueang spent most of his life chained in a zoo in Thailand. Until a club from Munich bought him out. A conversation about what elephants really need - and what to look out for when vacationing in countries like Thailand.The bull elephant San Mueang spent most of his life chained at the Phuket Zoo. A year ago it was bought out with the help of donations because the zoo needed money. The Munich-based association "Future for Elephants" financed the...
