Dog freed from locker after owner shut it inside to tour castle in Germany
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The woman locked the dog inside a locker for valuables and left to tour Neuschwanstein Castle, a famous tourist attraction in Germany.
PHOTO: REUTERS
- A woman locked her medium-sized dog in a locker at Neuschwanstein Castle despite objections.
- Security freed the unharmed but distressed dog from the hot locker, then police cared for it.
- Police initiated criminal proceedings against the owner for allegedly violating animal welfare law.
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BERLIN – A dog was rescued from a locker for valuables at Neuschwanstein Castle in southern Germany, after its owner shut the pet inside against the objections of other tourists so that she could visit the famous attraction, the police said on July 6.
Neuschwanstein, a picture-postcard castle with surging turrets nestled in the Alps near the border with Austria, is one of Germany’s top tourist attractions.
Despite it being a hot summer’s day and half the locker already filled by a pram, the woman locked the dog in the small space and left to tour the castle, said the police in the nearby town of Fuessen in a statement.
Security staff were alerted and they freed the dog, they added.
“The dog was fortunately unharmed but visibly glad when it was rescued from the already hot locker,” the police statement said, adding that officers deployed to the scene took it back to the police station.
The police did not specify what breed the dog was, but said it was of “medium” size and about 60cm tall at the shoulder. An officer on duty at Fuessen police station contacted by telephone said the dog was a mongrel.
Police said they had initiated criminal proceedings against the owner on suspicion of breaking Germany’s animal welfare law. REUTERS
