Barntrup (dpa / lnw) - In the case of the cat run over by a patrol car, the Detmold public prosecutor's office has initiated investigations against two police officers. These are the driver and the passenger of the patrol car who had run over the animal, as a spokesman for the authorities said on request on Monday. Investigated for violating the Animal Welfare Act. Two witnesses have already been heard.
The police had announced that the officials had deliberately run over the seriously injured cat with their patrol car in order to put them out of their misery. A veterinarian could not be reached quickly.
A shot from the service weapon, as is usual in such cases, would have been too dangerous in this case, the police had said. The cat was lying on hard ground, so the risk of a ricochet was too great. A local resident reported the police. The incident happened at the end of August near Barntrup (Lippe district).
