26.05.2020 – 14:28
Police station Cuxhaven
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Cuxhaven (ots)
Almost 60 animals too many on the transporter – massive violation of animal transport law
Loxstedt / BAB27. On Friday (May 22nd, 2020) officers from the Geestland Police Department checked a 36-year-old man from Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia) with his animal transporter, who was on the way to the slaughterhouse in Düring, at around 2:30 p.m. The transporter was loaded with a total of 171 slaughter pigs. Already on site it could be determined that the transport was mathematically overloaded. A check on a vehicle scale showed that the transport was overloaded by almost 4 tons. Strict hygiene and transport requirements apply to the transport of live animals. For example, each animal must have a suitable standing area in the transport vehicle. It was found that if the required space had been adhered to, only 112 pigs could have been transported 59 fewer than actually transported. This represents a massive violation of animal transport law. Vehicle drivers and owners must expect high fines.
Please contact:
Police station Cuxhaven
Stephan Hertz
Phone: 04721 / 573-0
http://ots.de/PI0z7T
Original content by: Cuxhaven Police Inspectorate, transmitted by news aktuell
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