After a short detention

Why the dog abuser from Ansfelden is free again

In addition to torturously kept dogs, investigators also found weapons, drugs and counterfeit money during a raid. Animal rights activists took care of the four-legged friends.(Bild: Tierparadies Schabenreith/Hofner)

He hoarded 44 dogs in his cellar, drilled them for fights, had weapons, drugs and counterfeit money at home - and is now a free man again. The 45-year-old was released from prison at the end of March and the public prosecutor's office has now also closed the investigation into the Prohibition Act. Read the background to the case with Krone+.

A 45-year-old man had not only stockpiled 44 dogs in a cellar in Ansfelden - some of them trained for fights - but also submachine guns, assault rifles, pump guns and kilos of drugs and counterfeit money. In January, he was sentenced for this - as reported by the "Krone" newspaper. The 45-year-old has been a "free man" again for a few days now. And: he no longer has to fear any further charges.