Overview
- Customs officers from Hauptzollamt Augsburg stopped a Romanian‑registered van at the A8 Leipheim junction that was reportedly bound for France.
- A puppy was found on a passenger’s lap without a microchip, rabies vaccination or EU pet passport.
- The passenger said the dog was four weeks old, while a Landratsamt Günzburg veterinarian estimated the age at about eight weeks.
- The veterinarian ordered quarantine at a local shelter for animal‑health safeguards.
- Traffic police in Günzburg opened an administrative offense proceeding under the Binnenmarkttierseuchenschutzverordnung, as customs reiterated that rabies vaccination is allowed from 12 weeks with travel only 21 days later.