For cruelty to animals

Fawns mowed down: charges against politician

All four legs of this fawn are said to have been mowed off.(Bild: zVg)

The case uncovered by the "Krone" caused quite a stir: A farmer in Eidenberg in Upper Austria is said to have recklessly driven over six fawns, literally mowing them down. The farmer and FPÖ local politician is now facing legal proceedings: The criminal complaint is ready.

As reported, the farmer is said to have turned down several offers from hunters to search the meadow for young animals using a drone. Four fawns are then said to have been killed immediately by the mowing. The legs of two other fawns are said to have been severed. Hunters found the animals and had to shoot them.

This fawn is said to have had all four legs mowed off.(Bild: zVg)

Accusation: cruelty to animals and poaching
Now the farmer, who is also an FPÖ local politician, has to stand trial for cruelty to animals. The criminal complaint is already ready, in which the accused is also charged with poaching. It is allegedly a case of "serious interference with another person's hunting rights" because the fawns were killed during the closed season.