Cat elend in Thuringia: Animal rights activists urgently call for protection regulation!

Cat elend in Thuringia: Animal rights activists urgently call for protection regulation!

in Thuringia there is a red among the animal rights activists. Again and again they beat their hands over their heads and finally demand measures that could alleviate the suffering of their four -legged protégés. However, these calls for help at the authorities seem to come to deaf ears. In an interview, the responsible official veterinarian vehemently defended his negative attitude towards a cat protection regulation in the Weimarer Land and instead relies on selective measures.

The dramatic changes began in summer when the discovery of a lifeless cat on the roadside attracted attention. With more detailed studies, it turned out that the dead cat was only the visible end of a much bigger problem. Numerous other cats - many of them ill and neglected - lived in the area under pitiful conditions. These frightening discoveries have made high waves in the animal welfare community, as well as is reported .

The fight against the cat elend

A brand new report from the MDR is open that over 800 free -range cats are registered in the Weimar country. Most of them are sick or injured and obviously suffer from severe pain. The animal rights activists of the "Alliance Katzenschutzverordung Weimarer Land" are convinced that a comprehensive cat protection regulation would not only help to reduce animal suffering, but also to contain the uncontrolled increase in the cat population.

While the animal rights activists tirelessly stand up for their demands, the authority remains at their course. Instead of a comprehensive regulation, a strategy is based on symptom control. Sick animals are neutered and medically cared for in sight, but this is not sufficient to solve the problem of the cat elend in the long term. Many cats are not recorded, and the unchecked increase makes the situation increasingly dramatic.

paradox is that the city of Weimar can refer to a successful model that has been in effect there for five years. The official veterinarian, Madeleine Spielvogel, reports on positive developments: less stray cats, lower disease rates and more peaceful animal behavior. In Weimar, cat owners have to neuter their animals, chip them and register, which has proven to be an effective means. But the responsible official veterinarian, Mr. Kleinhans, remains skeptical in the Weimar country. He pleads for voluntariness and a dialog -oriented approach with the citizens.

The animal rights activists, however, consider this attitude critically. They feel that they have achieved success in Weimar through collective action, while in the Weimar Land only short -term measures are taken. The frustration with the situation grows with the volunteers who, with an acceptance of voluntariness, cannot achieve the hoped -for result. A vicious circle that has become a great challenge not only for the animals, but also for animal rights activists.

Current voices of the animal rights activists expressed the urgent fear: "If we do not become active here, the problem will reappear next year and we are back with the same difficulties." It remains uncertain whether the persistent demands for a cat protection regulation can do anything. At the moment it seems that the authorities do not correctly classify or ignore the seriousness of the situation.