Hobby hunter lets cat be torn apart by hunting dog

Shocking scenes from everyday recreational hunting life were passed on to IG Wild beim Wild by a whistleblower in a video.

This hobby hunter, too, is utterly desensitised and inwardly broken. Typical symptoms of years of hunting activity. A hunting licence always comes with two things: a licence to kill and a licence to become brutalised. The faces, eyes and actions of the older hobby hunters speak a clear language.

As is so often the case, this hobby hunter had absolutely no control over his dog. We repeatedly receive videos of hobby hunters setting their hunting dogs on defenceless animals. What takes place in the forests, where wild animals are helplessly at the mercy of these sadists, is almost unimaginable. These are not isolated incidents, which is why recreational hunting must finally be banned and children must be protected from hobby hunters.

The person who recorded the video is an elderly man who can only move with great difficulty using a walker and was therefore unable to intervene.

Little Luna unfortunately fell victim to this cruel act. She was a very special and trusting little cat. Tragically, she was not even allowed to reach her second year of life because of this act.

The cat's owner is in shock. How disturbed must the allegedly former managing director of the Deutschen Jagdterrier-Klub e.V. (name known to the editorial team) be, to give his hunting dog such commands or to stand by and watch — a question the community is asking itself.

The cat most likely suffered for several more minutes before succumbing to her injuries. Her remains have not yet been handed over to the owner. From this it can be concluded that the hobby hunter later ‘disposed of’ little Luna after her death.

Legal proceedings have been initiated and the local animal welfare association is providing support.

The hobby hunter — about whom the police have no doubt — is a 64-year-old man from the area. Officers are now investigating him on suspicion of violating the Animal Welfare Act.

Dogs are exploited for hunting

The exploitation of dogs for hobby hunting is systemic. For their “training,” they are forced into obedience through electric shock devices, spiked collars, kicks to the paws, pinching of the ears, and in some cases through beatings.

The wild animals that hobby hunters set these four-legged animals upon also pose a significant danger: when a dog is sent to drive foxes or badgers out of their burrows, bloody fights for survival often ensue. It is not uncommon for the dogs to be bitten by wild animals gripped by fear of death. Since the animals are sent into the burrow head-first, they particularly often sustain injuries to their eyes, lips, jaw, and neck. Most dogs, however, are injured by wild boar. Training dogs using live foxes in artificial earth facilities or with ducks is common practice.