Police raided a house after an anonymous local reported its owner for keeping 27 dogs in poor conditions.Officials in Bruck an der Leitha, Lower Austria, said today (Weds) the animals were well-nourished, but added that the conditions they were kept in were rated as inappropriate by animal experts from a nearby dog shelter.Authorities are now […]
A 38-year-old woman is suspected of having stabbed her life partners dog 25 times.The Havenese dog called Falko was discovered locked up in the shower by his 43-year-old owner when he returned from a night out on Saturday. The man’s girlfriend had left the party earlier after a serious argument with her partner. After making […]
Political decision-makers in Lower Austria have presented plans to change a controversial ruling which allows small breeds like Chihuahuas and dachshunds to be declared as guard dogs.Peoples Party (ÖVP) official Karl Bader announced today (Mon): “Some people registered their lapdogs as watchdogs as the law is unclear. That is why we plan to change the […]
A couple suffered serious injuries when they were attacked by a Rottweiler on Sunday.Erika and Peter Petzner went for a walk in St. Stefan ob Leoben, Styria, when the three-year-old dog jumped over a fence and turned on the 48-year-old woman. She had to undergo surgery on both her arms at Leobens LKH clinic, while […]
A 36-year-old woman had a chunk of her upper lip bitten off by her own dog, it has emerged.The Bad Ischl resident had opened the boot of her car to let out her Bernese Mountain Dog when it suddenly attacked her on Tuesday.The Upper Austrian underwent surgery at a local clinic. It has not been […]
Three runaway cows went for a splash at a public pool in Tyrol this morning (Fri).The animals, two mother cows and one calf, grazed at the local pool after escaping their fenced meadow at a farm in Oberau and jumped into the water-filled pool when 30 fire-fighters tried to catch them.All three heifers were […]
Vienna police chief Karl Mahrer’s streak of bad luck continues as he was bitten by an award-winning dog last night (Thurs).Mahrer decorated German shepherd Verdi with a special medal for sniffing out a stolen suitcase containing 183,000 Euros earlier this year.But as soon as he was led to the podium by police woman Sabine Empacher, […]
A two-year-old boy is in hospital after being mauled by a Rottweiler on a playground in Lower Austria yesterday (Thurs).Sebastian was climbing on a rocking horse when the five-year-old dog Dino attacked, biting him on the backside.The Rottweiler which already injured a girl three years ago was crossing the playground in Ternitz with […]
Remorseful thieves returned an Austrian familys pet dog after making off with their caravan, it has emerged.Corinna G. from Baden, Lower Austria, said today (Fri) she had driven to the Italian city of Pisa earlier this week after being informed that family canine “Micky” had been found leashed to a fence at the campsite where […]
More than eighty per cent of Austrians want tougher dangerous dog laws, a new survey has shown.Pollsters Oekonsult interviewed 1,117 people for its research as a referendum over whether a so-called dog keepers licence should be introduced starts tomorrow (Thurs) in Vienna.The Oekonsult poll shows 83 per cent of the questioned backed “restrictive law changes […]