Sweet and with pedigree, vaccinated, microchipped and vet, according to healthy – pug lady Edda, last December, was touted in an advertisement on the sales portal Ebay classifieds. On the accompanying photo that’s a year old, jet-black animal wants to cuddle with a plush red Teddy. Really sweet. And surprisingly inexpensive: Just 750 Euro cost-Edda. A basis for negotiation.

“first of all, I believed in a Fake display,” said Michaela Jordan, the Ahlener Tageblatt. Normally would be required in such a pug a good Double, at least. So Jordan called the telephone number provided to the private display. The number led to Westphalia, to the city of Ahlen in North Rhine-Westphalia.

On the phone, Jordan learned that pug Edda had been seized. The original owner had debts to the city, among other things, she was at the time of payment of dog tax amounts delinquent. Jordan had been a little incredulous as to whether such seizure was lawful, but agreed to purchase, and picked up the dog and into the Rhineland. At this point, the story of the Ahlener pug might be for sale. Edda and all is good.

But the story begins here.

As Eddas would be first previous owner: Yes, you have a debt to the city, acknowledged the anonymous-at-heart woman. You should also be clear that the seizure was lawful and you will not get your dog back. You accept, “I know now that Edda is in good hands”. Hard to not be there but for their three children between the ages of five and nine years, were still about the loss of your pet. And: “As all of this is not expired, the was absolutely okay.”

In November, had been a bailiff, and two municipal employees in front of their door and a search warrant is presented, the woman says. “At first, I was shocked.” Mainly because first hand bike and a wheelchair for her paraplegic husband should have been seized. “It’s not mine, but property of the professional Association,” said the man in the newspaper. Besides a Laptop, a coffee machine and Edda was to be found in the apartment, nothing of Value.

An animal seize.

The next Protagonist in this pug Drama of the seller is to select the city. All the action with the dogs-seizure and subsequent selling on Ebay is not to select “the usual procedure in the case of foreclosures by the city,” said spokesman Frank Mersch house in the süddeutsche Zeitung. Also, the behavior of the advertiser employee, was “very questionable”. His private classifieds to use the account in the case had been “pragmatic”, to throw now, but comprehensible questions. Also had never been seized before an animal to debt collection.

strictly legally speaking, the case provides good material for legal seminars. In accordance with Paragraph 90a of the German civil code-animals are no things. Section 811c, sentence 1 of the code of civil procedure States that: animals not kept for commercial purposes, are not subject to garnishment. Set of 2, but the creditor can request a garnishment, if the animal represents a high value. To seize animals, under constitutional law, so at least legally precarious. As Eddas is worth quite considerably, it was a sale of “legally permissible,” says spokesman Mersch house.

More legal potential for conflict

Back to the pug. Delivers in other respects, the legal potential for conflict, because Michaela Jordan calls from the city of Ahlen. You want to get the purchase price for Edda-refundable and is around 1800 Euro. Edda is not in fact “healthy”. “She has a massive eye injury and was treated by the veterinarian,” says Jordan. In the meantime, the pug had been operated on four times, including at Christmas, in an emergency surgery.

was The operator of the breeding, from the Edda, was reflected also in the Ahlener Tageblatt. “A dog is seized, I have in the 16 years since I breed, not yet experienced,” said Uschi Dukowski. She had been offered Edda first to buy back, you’ve asked then to take photos. You’ve recognized that, that “something is with the eye”. Rings around Eddas eyes could note on a possible mite infestation, or a feed Allergy. The breeder then offered to the pug for a maximum of 500 euros to buy, especially since the family tree-were missing papers. “This amount was the employees of the city are not high enough,” said Dukowski. (Editorial Tamedia)

Created: 28.02.2019, 19:00 Uhr