Overview
- A road-maintenance worker found twelve dead house cats in a roadside ditch, which was discovered on November 3.
- Investigators say the animals were deposited between the afternoon of November 2 and the morning of November 3 and showed no obvious external injuries.
- The Bad Windsheim police opened a probe on suspicion of a violation of the animal-protection law and have asked the public to provide witness tips.
- PETA has offered a €1,000 reward for information that leads to a conviction and allows anonymous tips, and the Deutscher Tierschutzbund is urging stricter protections and mandatory neutering.
- No forensic cause of death or arrests have been reported so far, and authorities note the case fits a wider pattern of pet abandonment and disposal in Bavaria that could drive local policy change.