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Bavarian Court Bars Bella’s Return to Negligent Owner, Greenlights Sale

Judges concluded her owner was negligent, granting county officials power to broker Bella’s sale before the final verdict

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Die nur knapp dem Hungertod bei ihrer Besitzerin entkommene junge Hündin Bella muss nicht zu ihrer ursprünglichen Halterin zurück. Der bayerische Verwaltungsgerichtshof hob die vom Verwaltungsgericht München entschiedene Rückgabe des Hunds auf.

Overview

  • The Bavarian administrative court issued an unappealable July 22 ruling overturning a Munich court’s order to return Bella to her owner.
  • Landratsamt Unterhaching is now authorized under animal protection law to sell Bella prior to the conclusion of the main trial.
  • Veterinäramt Unterhaching seized Bella in February after a citizen report revealed the puppy’s life-threatening malnutrition.
  • The court cited the owner’s refusal to provide age-appropriate feeding and ongoing lack of insight as reasons to bar Bella’s return.
  • Bella remains rehabilitated at Tierschutzverein München and has drawn support from a petition that has nearly 85,000 signatures.