Chained to icy concrete – even on Christmas Eve!

The owner became one almost a year ago Dog in Wallern (Upper Austria) is shown, which is illegally tied up around the clock is. Animal lovers from the area repeatedly tried in vain to help the poor creature and recently turned to the Pfotenhilfe association, which now also serves the Upper Austrian area. The animal protection ombudsman’s office drew attention to this grievance.

Photos and videos have now been sent to Pfotenhilfe showing the poor Dog even On Christmas Eve I had to vegetate all alone, fixed on an icy concrete floor. And he can even just lie in his tiny hut with a tight leash. “It breaks my heart when I see these pictures. How bleak can a life be? How heartless can a person be?”asks Pfotenhilfe spokesman Jürgen Stadler, stunned. “The animal, helpless in this hopeless situation, is only being used there as a status symbol and living alarm system. Why is our animal protection law not enforced and this dog simply abandoned? Tethering is strictly forbidden – from the first minute!”

Neighbors desperate

Even in the neighborhood, people can no longer bear the sight of the poor dog. People are desperate and cannot understand why nothing has changed since the first report in February, despite controls Federal Animal Protection Act Section 16 Paragraph 5 leaves no room for doubt: “Dogs must under no circumstances be kept on a chain or in any other tethered state, even temporarily.”

Any requirements for the completion of the half-finished, tiny kennel in which the dog is tied up are not considered expedient by Pfotenhilfe, as the dog would then have to continue to live out its life in a confined space (estimated at 4 x 4 m) on a concrete floor. “Possibly just on the edge of legality, but by no means even close to species-appropriate. It is also very likely one Tornjak, a large shepherd dog with a strong build, around 50 kg and a huge need for exercise. In addition, such requirements would usually have a period of two to a maximum of four weeks, within which the dog would not be allowed to be tied up. The owner has long since forfeited any right to keep dogs,” Stadler concluded.

Photos and videos of the dog below https://we.tl/t-hQgIx2FZpT