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Success: animal husbandry ban for St. Pöltner scandalous farmers | VGT

The decision for a ban on animal husbandry for the operator of the scandal fattening in St. Pölten-Land is currently being prepared at the BH and will be delivered in the next few days - VGT points to a long period of time

According to information from the office of the responsible state councilor Barbara Rosenkranz, the ban on animal husbandry for the operator of the last week is currently being uncovered again scandal mast prepared. The decision is to be delivered in the next few days - if it becomes final, the man will no longer be allowed to keep or care for animals - i.e. he can no longer continue the scandalous fattening. The VGT already had the ban on keeping animals after the discovery in the last year required and by means Protests center stage again just yesterday.

VGT campaigner Lena Remich: A ban on keeping animals is extremely important to protect people who have neglected and tortured animals in this way for years (as the revelations have been since 2013 show) to deter further animal cruelty. This case shows more than clearly that repair orders and goodwill from the control bodies and authorities are simply not enough. People who let animals suffer like this shouldn't keep animals! Without the repeated revelations of the VEREIN GEGEN TIERFABRIKEN the animal cruelty in this company would possibly have continued.

Expiry of a ban on keeping animals

After the delivery of the final decision for a ban on keeping animals, a period of four weeks is granted in which the operator can lodge a complaint against the decision with the state administrative court. If no complaint is made during this time, the ban on keeping animals applies and the person may no longer own or care for animals in accordance with the conditions in the decision. If there is no other person to take over the farm, the animals are taken away by the authorities. The animal husbandry ban itself can be issued for all animal species or only for certain animal species - other animal species may continue to be kept in the second case. If a complaint is made, legal action can sometimes take half a year. Lena Remich on this: The decision for a ban on keeping animals is the first important step. However, there is a four-week period after that and the complaints process could lead to further delays. Nevertheless, we see the issuance of the decision as an important success.

Probably no animal acceptance

However, immediate animal acceptance is legally independent of this. According to the current state of information, an immediate removal of the animals that are currently on the farm is not planned. Animal removals outside of a legally binding animal husbandry ban usually only happen in the event of acute “imminent danger”. Animal rights activists are obviously more critical than the authorities of the assessment of whether this is the case in the current company.

Lena Remich: Animal deaths appear to be a regular occurrence on this farm. The care and accommodation, at least in accordance with the minimum legal standard, was repeatedly shown to be inadequate in the disclosures. Animals suffer constantly and to a great extent, as the revelations have all shown. So we do see an acute danger for the animals here.

Success with a sad aftertaste

It is likely that the operator will now try to resell the existing animals or have them slaughtered before the animal husbandry ban comes into force. The fate of these animals, whose faces touched the public just last week in the VGT's uncovering, saddens many, and rightly so. In the existing system, however, a legally valid ban on animal husbandry in the agricultural sector is rather a rarity - and in the case of animal cruelty like this an enormously important step.

Lena Remich concludes: Of course, the fate of these animals also makes me very sad. We all wish we could just save any suffering animal. However, this is not possible in the current system. In a society where animals are treated as commodities and not for what they are—sensitive individuals who don't want to die—systemic change is slow. The Austrian farms are bursting at the seams, and coveted places where animals can live in peace and without being exploited are rare. However, we can all work together to create a better future for all animals! Anyone who cares about animals and no longer wants to accept animal suffering should support animal protection organizations such as the VGT, ours Petitionen sign and, last but not least, no longer finance animal suffering with your own consumption and lifestyle!

Photo / Video: VGT.

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