The municipality of Eersel threatens to remove the eight dogs that were discovered last week from a controversial breeder, despite a ban. If it turns out that the dogs are being kept commercially on the Grote Aardweg, the municipality will give the breeder two weeks to dispose of the dogs themselves, under penalty of a fine of 2500 euros per week. If the animals are still with the breeder after that, the municipality will intervene, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
After a ruling by the Council of State that the breeding is in violation of the zoning plan and that the breeder must move there, the municipality has imposed a penalty of 25,000 euros on him. These are collected in installments of 2500 euros per week that the man is in violation, with a maximum of ten weeks.
The man had been in default for eight weeks, as a result of which the municipality has already forfeited 20,000 euros in penalty payments. If the breeder continues to keep dogs, the municipality can impose a penalty payment on him twice before the animals are removed.
After the eight municipal penalty payments, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) intervened in May and removed all dogs because they were said to be in bad shape.
The breeder has not been allowed to keep any dogs since then. But boas from the municipality discovered eight dogs again last Monday. The owner says he keeps these dogs private and not commercial.
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