Stench, garbage
Horrific images: 500 rabbits and chickens taken away
Filth, stench, vermin, cages filled with excrement: The official veterinarian was presented with a horror scene at a breeder near Graz. "Purzel & Vicky" immediately stepped in.
Ingrid and Michael Stracke, Styrian animal welfare activists, have unfortunately seen many horror scenarios - but something like this horrified them beyond measure: "The official vet went to a small animal breeder in the Graz area," said the couple. He found horrendous conditions: "Filth, vermin, garbage everywhere. Some of the cages were so full of excrement that the animals bumped into the bars at the top."
Furthermore: "Some chickens couldn't walk at all because they always had to live bent over or sitting in the cage. There was garbage, rotten eggs and carcasses everywhere!" The stench: unbearable. According to Stracke, many of the almost 150 rabbits, 30 ducks, 350 chickens and five pigeons had to vegetate. Some in solitary confinement or mini cages. Young animals were bred in plastic crates - one (!) wooden crate is said to have contained 25 chickens.
The official veterinarian reacted immediately with the removal. Half of the rabbits were taken to the provincial animal shelter in Graz, all the others to "Purzel and Vicky" in Vasoldsberg, "they are now being cared for and looked after in a species-appropriate environment".
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