Hansi, Horst or Holger, the pursuer: the readers of “Krone” came up with countless names for the swan from Zagersdorf, who became famous in the media for his attacks on people. Now he doesn’t need anyone anymore because he was “kidnapped”. The “Krone” has videos of the secret resettlement.
The story of the beautiful swan from the Zagersdorfer Fischerteich – the “Krone” reported – is richer with a few facets. It now seems like a thriller and can also become a political issue. But first of all, Mayor Ivan Grujic met a team from ServusTV at the pond Friday morning to give a reporter an interview about the swan.
Everyone present was somewhat shocked when he was suddenly nowhere to be seen. Shortly before, the self-taught swan ornithologist Marina Gruber had informed the police about her planned relocation of the animal. But nobody knew that then.
waves rise
While Mayor Ivan Grujic speaks of a “kidnapping by a self-proclaimed expert”, the emotions of the village population continue to boil over. Some, who according to earwitnesses “wanted to get rid of the swan as quickly as possible”, are relieved that it has finally disappeared from the fish pond.
Others who have grown fond of the graceful wild bird mourn him and regret not being able to see him again. And there are also people who cheer because the planned relocation of the swan to Lake Neusiedl, which Mayor Grujic had requested, was thwarted.
Two videos show the resettlement
The “Krone” now has two videos showing the actual swan’s movement by self-taught swan expert Marina Gruber. The 53-year-old Viennese works closely with Tierschutz Austria, which was also the client in this case, as the well-known ex-Green politician and animal welfare president Madeleine Petrovic and Michaela Lehner, head of the legal department, confirm:
Because of her expertise, Gruber also takes action in Vienna for the nature aid of the municipal department MA49 and the Vienna waters of the municipal department MA45. They also cooperate with the Vienna Fisheries Association, the criminal investigation department, the water police, the AGES Epidemic Control Institute Austria and the disposal of carcasses “Tierservice”, according to Petrovic and Lehner.
Saved from “shoot or stone”.
But what do you see in the videos? In the first you see Gruber with the swan at the pond in Zagersdorf. She records the following: “I rescued the swan from Zagersdorf on a private initiative. It came flying wildly, but as you can see it’s not aggressive, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to take it out. I had it in under a minute because I know animals very well. So we saved him from being shot and stoned, because that has already been discussed in this community. I heard that and will never say from whom.”
Then the camera zooms in on the bird’s beak: “Here on the hump he had a wound from an ingrown fishing line. The injury is old. Either the line has grown in or he took it out himself. This beast is now being taken to brought to a place that no one knows about I just say: Danube Because this place is nothing for the quality of life here Instead of helping the animals, people feed the animals and thus support their laziness in foraging, otherwise this would animal didn’t stay in this little pond for a year and a half. Now he goes where nature wants him to go.”
In the second video you can see Gruber, sitting on a river bank, lifting the swan out of a transport bag. “Let’s take another look at him so everyone knows this is the right swan,” she says, pointing again at the wound on his bump. “He has nothing, he can be free. Goodbye!”, Says it and releases it into the water. The swan swims into the open water and immediately looks for food. For food, it finds itself.
Is there an aftermath?
So there is a happy ending for the swan. But the end of the story is not yet in sight. “We would have moved the swan to Lake Neusiedlersee in the early morning hours on Monday with experts and in the presence of animal welfare ombudswoman Gabriele Velich. That has now been overtaken,” says Mayor Grujic and explains that the public prosecutor’s office will now intervene. considered against Marina Gruber because the area around the fish pond is privately owned.
“Tierschutz Austria” does not understand this reaction. Only concrete indications from the population that the swan should be “shot or stoned” were quickly followed up and therefore brought to safety. “Under the Animal Welfare Act, the mayor would be obliged to immediately do everything imaginable for the welfare of the animal. That did not happen. We would have loved to work with him, but strangely enough neither Mrs. Petrovic nor I could reach him by phone says attorney Michaela Lehner.
Source: Krone
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