Overview
- Investigators say six horses were attacked on Lewitz pastures between mid-September and October 11, with three broodmares dying from severe internal and external injuries.
- All known victims were valuable breeding mares, most of them pregnant, each worth tens of thousands of euros to the operation.
- The Kriminalpolizeiinspektion Schwerin and the Staatsanwaltschaft Schwerin have opened a criminal probe under Germany’s animal-protection and property-damage laws and have questioned numerous stud employees.
- Gestüt Lewitz operator Paul Schockemöhle has offered a €10,000 reward for information and police continue to ask the public for tips while no suspects have been named or arrested.
- Authorities say the Lewitz cases are currently regarded as separate from similar 2026 horse attacks elsewhere, and the incidents have renewed calls for better prevention and surveillance at large breeding facilities.