German animal welfare Federation warns: is no solution every year about 500,000 pets are exposed in Germany alone, the number is rising sharply when compared to recent years in the wake of the economic crisis. Be left to the animal rights activists almost three-quarters of the animals given to shelters financial emergency with the justification “. While many of the shelters burst now seams. The German animal welfare association gives you tips on how you can take care despite economic crisis good for your pet, what to do is, if you can find an animal set of and what things you should consider if you want to get a pet. For many citizens, Hartz IV determines everyday life; now If the Office accepts the maintenance, pets are often the first victims. Because animal husbandry plays only a subordinate role for German authorities for the calculation of social security benefits, she is completely ignored. Hartz IV for pets does not exist.
This example may cause that vulnerable tenants in smaller apartments crowded they are, can’t take to their animals. The result: More and more animals are simply being exposed. Most think about their behavior appear to be little or not at all and just dispose of the animals in the truest sense of the word because it’s off on holiday, in which the animal would only interfere with. Abandoned pets die usually and according to 18 of the animal welfare act, the suspension or leaving a pet (such as moving) with imprisonment or a fine of up to 25,000.00 can be punished. Expose animals is prohibited, but in some cases unfounded, however, is the despair, that is often the reason for abandoning an animal, because there are alternatives”according to a spokesman of the German animal welfare association. If a pet owner alone no longer can deny the feed costs for his animal, he has the opportunity to consult, one of about a dozen animal panels (www.tiertafel.de) linked his Council and Act (and feed) to the page. The nationwide animal Board helps with feed more information, as well as various See Tips how you should behave when they found an exposed animal and what is to clear before you buy a pet, on the website of the German animal welfare association find an interesting fact sheet to the current pet figures, knew that German households 7.