The puppies do not know what unscrupulous business should be done with them and what animal rescuer Melanie Schmidt has done for them.
Munich
- On the Internet, on "quoka.de", Melanie Schmidt (27) had discovered several advertisements in which French bulldogs were to be sold for 2200 euros per animal.
The young woman then arranged a meeting point with the dealer on Nussbaumstrasse in Munich * and pretended to be the buyer.
The police have been informed - they are waiting in the background in plain clothes.
Munich: Bulldog puppy sales out of the car
“The dealer drove up at 1 p.m., a Hungarian who only spoke Hungarian and a woman from near Landshut who was there as an interpreter,” says Melanie Schmidt.
In a much too small transport box in the car: two puppies, bedded on scraps of paper.
And it's not just the two animals: the woman says that she still has two bulldog pups at home.
"Goods" worth 8,800 euros.
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In good hands: Animal rescuer Melanie Schmidt (27) from Munich prevented the trade in French bulldogs.
The animals are fine.
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Now the police * join in, a patrol car drives up.
Melanie Schmidt: "The officers seized the puppies, and the two dealers had to come to the police station." It turns out: The puppies are only 14 weeks old - too young to be legally brought to Germany and without rabies. Vaccination.
The dealers had forged the age of the animals in the EU pet passport.
“Very bumbling with Tipp-Ex.” The Hungarian and his interpreter talk their way out: He was only the messenger and only received 300 euros from the breeder in Hungary.
She would only have received a small commission when all the puppies are sold.
Munich: Animal rights activist Melanie Schmidt has already saved 500 dogs
Melanie Schmidt has filed a complaint, it is about forgery of documents and attempted fraud, also about administrative offenses, among other things because of violations of the animal protection law.
Melanie Schmidt has been fighting for animal welfare for six years and, according to her own statements, has already saved 500 dogs.
It was not until December that she was able to free three Pekingese puppies from the hands of illegal traders.
* tz.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.
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