Overview
- Traffic police heard animal noises during an A3 inspection but could not open the trailer because it was secured with a customs seal.
- The truck was traveling from Turkey toward Friedrichshafen and was escorted to the Zollamt Schweinfurt for an authorized inspection.
- Customs officers found an emaciated kitten hidden between packages and consider it an accidental stowaway rather than smuggling.
- Tierheim Schwebheim took the animal into care, placed it in quarantine, and administered a rabies vaccination.
- Inspectors reported no other irregularities, and the truck was allowed to continue its journey.