Dispute over horse boarding in the Hanover region ends up in court
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Dispute over horse boarding in the Hanover region ends up in court
Hanover. Animal welfare is endangered – at least that’s what the young owner of “Costa” thinks. For this reason, she terminated the contract with the horse pension in the Hanover area. The entrepreneur’s lawyer now finds it odd that the dispute has coincided with a series of “anonymous complaints” about alleged wrongdoing. “But the authorities just can’t find anything,” said the lawyer on Wednesday in the Hanover district court.
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According to the owner, “Costa” is doing well in the horse boarding house for a year. “The contract regulated the animal’s husbandry conditions in very general terms,” explained District Judge Dagmar Frost. Feeding, grazing, winter exercise are in contract.
Was there a food missing?
Because her beloved horse was not fed constantly and there was a lack of drinking water shelter, the owner announced the contract in July 2021 without notice. And owed two months’ rent by the end of August; the entrepreneur is now suing for payment of 620 euros.
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A settlement without extensive evidence gathering failed. The fronts are too hardened. The entrepreneur is angry because the animal protection association was addressed. The building authority and investigators for alleged undeclared workers were also in the yard, says the lawyer.
The defendant indignantly denied having anything to do with the anonymous ads. However, her lawyer, also a rider, stated: “I would have gotten my horse from this farm immediately.”
Veterinary report
Witnesses are now being summoned at the next appointment. The horse owner will even have a veterinary report obtained. It is intended to state that horses are “perennial eaters”. If they didn’t have something to digest all the time, the animals would be at risk of colic and ulcers due to the build-up of too much stomach acid. The plaintiff questions the “permanent eater” thesis.
The litigation costs are likely to exceed the disputed sum by some.
By Thomas Nagel