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Woman watches helplessly as old couple poison her puppy

A dog owner in western Germany could only look on in horror as an elderly couple poisoned her six-month-old puppy.

Woman watches helplessly as old couple poison her puppy
A beagle puppy. Photo: Wikipedia Commons

It is a crime that leaves one almost as flabbergasted as appalled.

A middle aged woman in the small town of Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, was walking her beagle puppy in the local park when an old couple approached her.

The man, who looked to be in his seventies, grabbed her by the arm, while his wife threw meatballs for the infant canine to chew on.

When the dog owner finally freed herself the elderly pair made a getaway on a pair of green bikes.

But the damage had already been done. The meatballs were poisoned.

Although the dog-owner brought her puppy immediately to a vet it was not certain that it would survive.

Police describe the fugitive pair as follows: The man has silver glasses and his grey hair is combed backwards. He is around 186 cm tall and very thin.

The woman has silver hair which is cut short and was wearing green and beige chequered trousers.

People poisoning dogs seems to be a problem which is on the increase in Germany, with some people apparently upset about dog poo in public spaces taking drastic measures.
 
On Facebook dog owners have taken to creating maps showing where they have found booby-trapped treats, Tagesspiegel recently reported.
 
But people in one German town found a more novel and less violent way of raising awareness about dog waste in 2015, when they collected a huge sack of it and hung it round the neck of a famous local statue.

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Elon Musk visits Tesla’s sabotage-hit German factory

Elon Musk travelled Wednesday to Tesla's factory near Berlin to lend his workers "support" after the plant was forced to halt production by a suspected arson attack on nearby power lines.

Elon Musk visits Tesla's sabotage-hit German factory

The Tesla CEO addressed thousands of employees on arrival at the site, accusing “eco-terrorists” of the sabotage as he defended his company’s green credentials.

With his son X AE A-XII in his arms, Musk said: “I am here to support you.”

The billionaire’s visit came a week after power lines supplying the electric carmaker’s only European plant were set on fire in an act of sabotage claimed by a far-left group called the Vulkangruppe (Volcano Group).

READ ALSO: Far-left group claims ‘sabotage’ on Tesla’s German factory

Musk had said then that the attack was “extremely dumb”, while the company said it would cost it several hundred million euros.

A week on, the lights have come back on at the site, but Andre Thierig, who heads the site, said on LinkedIn that it would “take a bit of time” before production is back to full speed.

Industry experts have warned that the reputational impact caused by the sabotage on the region could be more severe than the losses suffered by Tesla.

Tesla’s German plant started production in 2022 following an arduous two-year approval and construction process dogged by administrative and legal obstacles.

Tesla wants to expand the site by 170 hectares and boost production up to one million vehicles annually to feed Europe’s growing demand for electric cars and take on rivals who are shifting away from combustion engine vehicles.

But the plans have annoyed local residents, who voted against the project in a non-binding ballot last month.

After the vote, Tesla said it might have to rethink the plans. Environmental activists opposed to the expansion of the factory have recently also set up a camp in a wooded area near the plant.

READ ALSO: Why is Tesla’s expansion near Berlin so controversial?

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