germany animals
Animal rights violation in Germany
<p>How can I report animal right violation that takes place in the business located in Germany? It’s a beauty salon that uses animals for some treatments.</p>
<p>I live outside Germany and unfortunately have no relatives there who could help or advise me.</p>

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<li><p>Is it indeed an “animal right violation”?
Germany’s <a href="http://bundesrecht.juris.de/tierschg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Animal Welfare Act</a> is the primary law protecting animals.
According to § 17 it is a crime to</p>
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<li>kill vertebrate animals “without good cause”, or to</li>
<li>inflict significant pain on vertebrate animals
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<li>out of sheer crudeness, or</li>
<li>on a regular basis or for a prolonged period.</li>
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<li><p>If you suspect someone of a crime, you can report it to the authorities.
Most state polices now have an “online police station”, for instance <a href="https://www.onlinewache.polizei.niedersachsen.de/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Lower Saxony</a>.
Choose the police station of the right state.
You can also call a police station or the DA’s office if telephone charges weren’t an issue, but snailmail is always an option.</p>
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<li><p>However, since you wrote that the “beauty salon […] uses animals for some treatments” I imagine the animals aren’t subject to excessive pain while patrons receive their treatment.</p>
<p>Commercial operations with animals have to obey <em>lots</em> of rules, too many to list them.
Breaking them usually constitutes an administrative offense (<em>Ordnungswidrigkeit</em>).
Repeated violations could justify a revocation of relevant permissions.</p>
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<li><p>If you got reason to believe someone committed an administrative offense, you can report it to the public order office, the <em>Ordnungsamt</em>.
The public order office is <em>usually</em> a department of the city.
In <em>some</em> places the <em>veterinary office</em> is responsible for dealing with animal welfare administrative offenses, but unless you know I’d address <em>the city</em> which will forward your report.</p>
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