Animal craze in Berlin: Hundreds of animals discovered in private care!

Animal craze in Berlin: Hundreds of animals discovered in private care!

in Berlin has developed a serious problem with the illegal attitude and collecting animals in private households. According to a report by Borkener Zeitung , the Senate was shown that in the capital in the capital, numerous cases have been documented in the capital. These affected dogs, cats, pigeons, rabbits, snakes, turtles and frogs. The insufficient housing conditions violate existing animal welfare laws.

2022 the authorities in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg found the dissolution of an attitude with estimated 100 to 150 pigeons and two rabbits. In Reinickendorf, a similar situation with 26 dogs, four chickens and 30 cats was discovered. In Spandau, too, 51 rabbits were found in an imbalance between animal welfare and keeping conditions. In the Neukölln district, an animal owner lived with 33 cats, while Marzahn-Hellersdorf was faced with five cases of animal crowd rage and a total of 277 animals.

alarming numbers

In 2023, the Berlin authorities registered 390 dogs exposed, 1,172 cats and 540 other animals. These numbers illustrate the urgency with which the problem must be addressed. Often the exposed animals are initially housed in animal shelters. For example, the attitude of 108 birds was reported in Tempelhof-Schöneberg for 2024, which attracts the attention of animal welfare organizations.

In order to draw attention to the suffering of the animals, the BUND against abuse of the animals (BMT) about the massive problems associated with industrial animal husbandry and transport. Every year more than 1.3 billion animals cross a European national border. The animal welfare suffers significantly because long transport times cause enormous hardships.

regulation and control

The topic is also regulated by the Animal Welfare Act. According to the provisions on laws-im-internet.de , various animal husbandry is subject to a systematic supervision. This includes farm animals, slaughter facilities and companies that transport animals or supply them during transport. Regular control of these facilities is based on risk analyzes is defined. At least a third of the facilities in which animal experiments are carried out must be checked annually, and the controls are sometimes unannounced.

The collection and use of personal data must be limited to the necessary level. In addition to monitoring, it is also important that operators of slaughtering facilities name responsible contacts to support the supervision. The legislator would like to ensure that the regulations are adhered to for the good of the animals.