Jan Paridaans, the controversial dog breeder from Eersel from whom his last animals were removed on Monday morning, says he will never keep animals again. He informed Omroep Brabant about this. Supervisor NVWA announced on Monday that Paridaans is no longer allowed to keep animals at all and the company ‘Kwispel Enzo’ will be closed.
Paridaans was not present on Monday when the NVWA came to collect the animals from his company. He is not aware of any evil. “I have been keeping animals for 58 years. I really know how to keep and care for them,” he says.
The breeder tells Omroep Brabant that he previously asked the NVWA for a list of points for improvement, but he says he never received a response.
He also compares the NVWA with ‘the mafia’ and says that he is going to tackle the supervisor and the municipality of Eersel. “There will come a time when no one in the Netherlands will be allowed to keep an animal anymore.”
In June last year, Paridaans promised that he would no longer breed dogs. However, dogs were found on his property several times after that.
Pigs, ponies and donkeys
The supervisor removed 700 dogs last year because they were poorly cared for. The breeder was banned from breeding or keeping dogs.
On Monday, the NVWA announced that a lot of other animals had been seized. This concerns pigs, ponies, donkeys, rabbits, guinea pigs and poultry. According to the NVWA, their living conditions were not good.
“During inspections it turned out that the housing was not in order for many animal species. The spaces were too small, the cages were dirty and the animals did not receive the necessary care,” the supervisor said on Monday morning.
New law
Since January 1, the NVWA can close a company if animals are not properly cared for. This is because the Animal Abuse and Neglect Act has been amended. It is the first time that the NVWA has closed a company in this way.
Before the law was amended, breeders could continue to illegally breed animals. In this video we explain how that was possible: