In Germany, authorities are closing cattle collection point in the Unna district as a precaution

07/26/2021 | 08:45:00 | ID: 30573 | Department: Agriculture | Agricultural policy Dusseldorf (agrar-PR) - Information from animal rights organization about the well-founded suspicion of animal welfare violation of animals After coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture and Consumer Protection and the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection (LANUV), the district of Unna on Friday evening (23 July 2021 ) Employees of a cattle collection point in the district are prohibited from further handling animals. Until further notice, animals will no longer be traded at this collection point. This was preceded by information from an animal rights organization about the justified suspicion of massive violations of the Animal Welfare Act. The animal rights organization had filed a criminal complaint with the Dortmund public prosecutor and submitted evidence in the form of video recordings. After viewing the material as part of the investigation, the veterinary ...