“For a gift” – woman abandons Persian cat in the middle of the market square. “We are speechless and cannot understand why someone would do something like this,” says Petra Gerlach from Katzenhilfe Bramsche.

The police are now investigating the violation of the Animal Protection Act. Abandoning four-legged friends is a punishable offence. Anyone caught doing so must expect a high fine or, in case of doubt, a prison sentence.