Happy ending for forbidden “fighting dog” Pablo: a new home with a dog friend
Created: 06/12/2022, 04:45 am
By: Tanja Kipke
"Fighting dog" Pablo spent almost four years in the Nuremberg animal shelter.
© Thomas Hahn/Nuremberg Animal Shelter
For almost four years, the Staffordshire mix Pablo was waiting for a family in the Nuremberg animal shelter.
Now he has found a new home in Switzerland.
Nuremberg - "I'll stay true to you - paw on it": With these words, the shelter begins the mediation call for Pablo.
After almost four years at the Nuremberg animal shelter, the time has finally come, Staffordshire Mix Pablo is allowed to go to a new home.
In Bavaria, he is considered a list dog, also known colloquially as a "fighting dog", and keeping it is only permitted under strict conditions.
The animal rights activists were therefore looking for a family outside of Bavaria - and found one in Switzerland.
Surname: | Pablo |
|---|---|
Race: | Staffordshire mix |
Age: | 5 years |
Gender: | Male, neutered |
Animal shelter Nuremberg is happy about mediation: "Pablo is now Swiss"
Pablo came to the shelter very sick and his frame is still giving him problems.
"So long walks are not for me, I'd rather chill with you." According to animal rights activists, the four-legged friend is a "little loner" and doesn't like everyone.
However, he seems to have taken to his new family quickly.
Pablo with his new family from Switzerland.
He even found a dog friend.
© Nuremberg Animal Shelter
On the Pentecost weekend, the time had come: Pablo was allowed to move into his new home.
"He has not only found his people, but also a dog friend and is now Swiss," write the animal rights activists on Facebook.
"We are so happy!".
Such happy endings are the stories that make it worthwhile to continue and to fight for a new home for the animals.
The animal rights activists wish Pablo and his new family the "very best and a very long time together".
Pablo has spent almost his entire life in an animal shelter.
© Thomas Hahn/Nuremberg Animal Shelter
Dog grandpa Charly also found a new home after a long wait.
However, he died shortly before moving in, the animal rights activists mourn the four-legged friend.
The Stafford Mix breed is listed as a category 1 dog in Bavaria
Some dog breeds are only allowed to be kept in Bavaria with prior approval.
Category 1 includes the following breeds according to the "Ordinance on dogs with increased aggressiveness and dangerousness":
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Pit Bull
Bandog
American Staffordshire Terriers
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Tosa Inu
as well as all crosses of these breeds with each other or with other dogs.
In the regulation, they are "irrefutably assumed to have aggressiveness and dangerousness as fighting dog characteristics".
Only under "extremely narrow conditions" is permission to keep them granted.
"The holder must prove a legitimate interest," says the regulation.
According to the Bavarian police, "such a permit" is only granted in exceptional cases.
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