14 dogs and 70 cats are currently housed in the Dachau animal shelter. The main reason for the overcrowding of the animal shelter is ultimately due to the online trade in dogs and cats.
Dogs and cats are sold more cheaply via internet platforms such as “classifieds” than through breeders. Animal rights activists go out almost every day “to pick up injured, often half-dead and dead cats from the streets,” says Silvia Gruber. “We have one to three dead cats every day,’ says Gruber, who is connected to 140 animal protection associations.