They lived in the forest near Bad Tölz: the number of mini-Maltese found rises to 21 - "completely neglected"

They are small, white, and fluffy: Nevertheless, their owner apparently no longer wanted them: Several mini Maltese were found in the forest in poor condition.

• In the dog drama in

  Bad Tölz

  , new dimensions keep coming to light.

• It is now known that a homeless mother-son team lived with 21

  mini Maltese

  in the forest.

• On Tuesday the 54-year-old woman handed over 16 animals to the veterinary office, they were brought to the animal shelter in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

  (Update from December 4, 6:30 a.m.).

• Everything from the region can be found in the Bad Tölz newsletter.

Update from December 4th, 6.30 a.m .:

The case of the mini Maltese

in the forest near Bad Tölz is always taking on new dimensions.

According to the current status, it is now known that a total of 21 animals lived with a mother-son team that camps outdoors.

On Tuesday, the 54-year-old owner handed over 16 dogs to the veterinary office.

As reported, a 54-year-old woman and her son (36) are said to have been evicted from their Tölz apartment at the end of August and have been sleeping in various campsites since then.

It was known that they have a number of small, white dogs, but no one knew how many.

Little by little, five small white dogs appeared in the past few weeks: One was run over on the B13, another four were discovered by the police or walkers.

Sometimes the mini-Maltese had built a kind of nests in tree hollows.

18 of the 21 mini Maltese from Bad Tölz found are in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen animal shelter

As Myriam Kohler reports from the "Katzenbergung Wolfratshausen-Geretsried", the 54-year-old woman has now agreed to hand over the remaining dogs to the official veterinarian.

At the first handover meeting, the woman had five animals with her.

An hour later she wanted to come back with more dogs - but she didn't.

In the meantime, "people have reported to us that they saw the woman screaming and mobbing in the forest," said Kohler.

The animal rights activists then went to the police.

At the same time there was a notice that the woman was staying at a barn near Reichersbeuern.

Police, animal rights activists and the veterinary office rushed there.

In the Kranzer area “she was sitting in a haystack with eleven dogs,” says Myriam Kohler.

She also handed these animals over to the official veterinarian.

Mini Maltese: evidence of "years of neglect"

Currently, 18 of the 21 mini-Maltese found - some are apparently mixed breeds because they have black ears - are in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen animal shelter.

"All animals were completely rotty and neglected," says Myriam Kohler.

"With some the teeth fall out of the mouth." There is a blind dog with them, others have ulcerated eyes and ears.

Their condition is a clear indication of "years of neglect".

One or the other is snappy.

An employee of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen animal shelter explains that the dogs are currently “in a good mood”.

“The most important thing: you eat.” Now the first thing is medical care: combing and shearing the fur, restoring teeth, combating parasites, vaccinations, castration, etc.

Mediation requests are currently not yet accepted.

The Tölzer police are investigating a suspected violation of the Animal Welfare Act, according to the deputy head of inspection, Andreas Rohrhofer.

There is also suspicion of unauthorized breeding.

If you want to donate to the supply of the Mini-Malteser, you can find the account number at tierheim-garmisch.de.

(Purpose: "Donation Maltese").

Update from November 30th, 6.40 p.m.:

The news that

three neglected

were found

running freely

on the northeastern outskirts of

- one of them was run over - hit the waves on Friday.

But that information was only the tip of the iceberg.

At the weekend the

and a crowd of volunteers

searched the

area for more dogs - and they found them.

The owners of the animals are now being investigated.

Mini-Maltese exposed in Bad Tölz: Several dogs are said to live in the forest

Myriam Kohler from the

has been on the trail for some time

.

The organization had been informed that a whole group of

living in the forest

since the end of August

.

Kohler and her colleagues then took up "detective work", she told the

.

Their findings: A mother and her son are said to have been evicted from their rented apartment in the

area

and then

with around

.

“We found four different abandoned deposits,” reports Myriam Kohler.

The animal rights activists informed all hunting tenants and forest workers in the area.

The Tölz veterinary office was also involved.

At the same time, three

have been

gradually

found

since the beginning of October

: One was dead on the side of the

, two ended up in the

.

Bad Tölz police are looking for a storage area with dogs in the forest

Additional dynamism came in the case after the

on Friday that these

had been found.

According to the deputy head of the inspection, Andreas Rohrhofer, a number of

about the alleged owners of the small, white dogs in the inspection.

“We then looked to see if we could find the holder,” says Rohrhofer.

The officers looked at a

near the Sitec company that they had been informed of, but found no one there.

According Rohrhofer were then on Saturday two

the area in question on the go, on Sunday they got support of three

, who were by chance in the area.

The

a large number

: According to Myriam Kohler, volunteers from Tierhilfe Weyarn-Waakirchen, the Loisachtaler fawn rescue, the Oberland mobile fur nose helpers, the animal welfare association of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district and the Wolfratshausen-Geretsried cat rescue took part.

A

and a

were used.

Two more mini Maltese found in the forest

In fact,

were found.

According to Kohler, both were "in a pitiful condition, completely emaciated and matted."

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This mini-Maltese that was found over the weekend was “in a pitiful state”.

The keepers apparently camped with up to 15 animals in the forest.

© Private: Myriam Kohler

As Rohrhofer reports, a

patrol met

on Sunday at around 3 p.m.

on the

in the

area

.

The 54-year-old said she was on her way to

.

Her son (36) took the remaining dogs - the woman assumed there were five - to

.

According to Rohrhofer, an

is underway against mother and son

.

According to the police file, the

also took action

.

An employee found the owners and a confusing flock of dogs of nine to eleven animals in mid-October and made another appointment for October 19.

However, owners and dogs were no longer to be found.

The

a decision on the

.

Mini Maltese could cost up to 1,600 euros on the market

District office spokeswoman Marlis Peischer only explains at the request of the

that the case is

known to

the

office, but that the keeper has not yet been found.

"Everything else is conjecture."

According to Myriam Kohler, the

are particularly small specimens, as they emerge from targeted

.

“A normal

weighs three to four kilos, this one only weighs 1,500 to 1,800 grams.” Unfortunately, there is a market for such animals, and each specimen could easily reach

.

Kohler makes a strong appeal to only buy breeding dogs from approved, reliable breeders in order to avoid animal suffering.

Five dogs have now been found, five allegedly in

.

Kohler assumes that

now

.

You and your colleagues want to keep looking.

"But I do not assume that we will find them still alive."

Three mini Maltese abandoned in Bad Tölz: Police officers found the dogs in the area of ​​the B472

(Initial report)

- Two of the

are now living in the

, the third was

.

On October 9, the police brought one of the small dogs to Peter Fichtner's shelter for the first time.

The officials had found the four-legged friend in the area of ​​the B 472 on the northeastern outskirts.

Mini-Maltese exposed in Bad Tölz: animals found “emaciated and in poor condition”

"The dog was

, matted and in very poor condition," reports Fichtner.

In addition, the

"a bit snappy".

Fichtner doesn't blame the dog for snapping his finger first.

"You don't know what he's been through."

Exactly one month later, the next report came in at the shelter: Another

on the roadside of the B 472 at the Sappl exit on Mühlberg.

The finders also sent the shelter a photo of the dog that was presumably run over.

But Fichtner did not find the carcass on site.

Mini-Maltese have to fight their way through the forest for four weeks - and build a nest between tree roots

Last week a

by saw a

walking around

on the way between Ellbach and the Kirchseemoor

.

“But he couldn't be captured,” reports Fichtner.

The walker came back the next day and found the mini Maltese a little further on in a hollow between tree roots where it had built a

.

She took him to the shelter.

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White and fluffy: the two surviving mini Maltese are nursed up in the Tölz animal shelter.

© TIERSCHUTZVEREIN TÖLZ

It seems like the little dog has

survived in

on its own for

at least

"Dogs come from nature, they don't starve to death that quickly, they eat worms, for example," says Fichtner.

He's just amazed that the fox didn't grab any of the mini-Maltese.

Bad Tölz: Animal shelter is nurturing mini Maltese again

And in winter, the

of pets

in

would have decreased rapidly.

Fichtner brought the found animals to the

and nursed them up.

It is clear to him that

, because they now share a basket amicably.

The vet estimated her age to be around two years.

A dog weighs around 1800 grams.

Fichtner assumes that the

the three dogs

.

He himself has seen a man in the area of ​​the train station with three little white dogs in the past.

Other witnesses also report such observations in the Lettenholz area.

Former dog owner probably abandoned animals - police are looking for clues

Anyone who has a

to where the three mini Maltese come from should

contact

the

.

According to Fichtner, the animal shelter generally keeps every found animal for at least four weeks and only gives it away when it is completely healthy.

If that is the case, Fichtner hopes

to find

a nice

for the

.

Scared and neglected: The animal welfare association and veterinary office found the gelding “Jacky” locked in a single box.

Now the 14-year-old horse is finally doing better in Vaterstetten.

And Johannes Fisch and his father Josef in Fürstenfeldbruck received animal visits in the home office.

A pack of wild boars was walking through the family garden.

(By Andreas Steppan)