On the Dutch Blog there was a link to click for the full story. However, the information was in Dutch, so I have translated as best I can, via Google Translate.
BOECHOUT - Bvba Puppy House from Boechout has been convicted of breaches of the animal welfare law because it imported and sold young, unvaccinated puppies from the Eastern Bloc. The court therefore declared a 191,000 euros fine. This is a European first.
The company and the managers will be released from the imprisonment scams because the court judges that the defendants did not deliberately mislead their customers. However, the court believes that the buyers of the dogs should have known that they were purchasing imported puppies. GAIA's civil party counts and the "defence" was therefore rejected.
The accused Mathieu C., one of the business owners, has to pay a fine of 3,000 euros, just like the second businessman Louisa T. The bvba Puppy House also has to pay 3,000 euros. An amount of 191,000 euros is also forfeited, which means that the company (and the first accused Mathieu C.) has to repay 191,000 euros of illegal income to the state.
No ban was imposed.
The prosecutor's office had also asked the court to impose a ban on the accused to prevent them from keeping animals, but that was denied by the court. "The fines and foreclosure are enough to encourage the defendants to comply with the regulations in the future."
The verdict is a European first. It is the first time that a criminal court in Europe has condemned a dog breeder.
Animal Rights Organization GAIA responds to the verdict. "The judge has made it clear what has to be done in Europe, to prevent the massive import of puppies from the Eastern Bloc."
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