Dortmund –
A German couple that went on holiday, their turtle to a tree in the garden tied up. The couple from Dortmund is now indicted for serious animal cruelty. The animal was secured with a long steel cable that was stuck to the shield. It was a large hole is drilled.
The helpless animal that is not eating or drinking and was discovered by neighbours of the couple, the turtle, motionless, on his back in the bushes saw. The fire brigade was alarmed, to which the animal is free. The turtle is a vet. That suggests that the turtle a lot of pain must have had. “Such a shield is not numb, but a lot of people think so.”
The owners of the turtle, which itself alive thanks to the frambozenstruiken in the garden, are still on holiday. They get the animal back, reported German media.