In addition to the Hubmanns, VGT animal rights activists, the Lower Austrian Green animal protection spokesman and numerous journalists waited in vain – instead Irish farmers came to see it
From an animal protection perspective, approval for this form of keeping is very important to us and that is why we are placing all our hopes on the BOKU scientific project and the meeting on February 13th. Maybe the BH will still use reason and at least allow an investigation into the effects of this form of operation instead of condemning and evicting it without any factual basis.
GDR. Martin Balluch, VGT chairman
Vienna (OTS) – The BH St. Pölten had a local inspection of the pig farm at 9 a.m. today Hubmann announced. She wanted to provide an estimate for the eviction. According to the BH, the 500 pigs kept in tents by the Hubmanns in the field would threaten the groundwater. Their excrement is collected by a thick straw mat, which is removed after the fattening period, and the pasture is changed every 4 months. This system of keeping pigs is the great hope for animal welfare because it is so simple, requires no investment and yet represents conventional keeping with correspondingly low costs that would be suitable for the masses. At 9 a.m., numerous media representatives, the Green animal protection and agriculture spokesman in Lower Austria, Dominic Hörlezeder, and VGT animal rights activists were already present at the Hubmann pig farm. Only the bra stayed off without apology. It would have been the first time that someone from BH had ever entered the Hubmann company. Instead, a delegation of Irish pig farmers came at 9:30 a.m. who wanted to take a look at the farm in order to adopt the farming system for Ireland.
So is there no eviction planned or is it just a matter of putting pressure on the Hubmann family? Or has the public pressure perhaps become too great? In any case, there is a ray of hope in this process. The BH has scheduled an appointment for next Tuesday, February 13th, this time in St. Pölten, for which BOKU has also been invited. Some professors at BOKU, especially Prof. Dr. Christine Leeb, submitted a project application at the end of November 2023 to investigate the effects of the currently existing 6 pig farms according to the Hubmann system on animal welfare, but also groundwater and the environment. This would require at least a temporary permit for the pig farm. We now want to discuss what is specifically planned for the research project.
VGT chairman DDr. Martin Balluch also waited in vain for the St. Pölten BH: “The way the authority behaves in this process is an outrage. Not only were over a dozen criminal proceedings initiated – one would have been enough. Despite being invited, you have never entered the business that you want to ban and evict. And now the Hubmann family is being transferred without saying a word, without an apology or announcement for their absence. From an animal protection perspective, approval for this form of keeping is very important to us and that is why we are placing all our hopes on the BOKU scientific project and the meeting on February 13th. Maybe the BH will still use reason and at least allow an investigation into the effects of this form of operation instead of condemning and evicting it without any factual basis.
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