Massive fish die-off – flooding of liquid manure destroys the habitat of the trout in the Anzbach

The open drawer of a manure pit belonging to the gang “Am Hof” caused a special natural disaster in the beautiful fish breeding stream on Monday evening. Because the Anzbach represents a natural treasure until now, because the original species of the Wienerwald brown trout could be kept in the stream, which has not been fished for 30 years.

The smell of death hung all over Maria Anzbach
“This is about a species of salmonids that have adapted perfectly over the past millennia to conditions such as warmer water and low water levels,” said Oswald Hicker, who is licensed to fish in the “Krone” phone call, audibly shocked and annoyed. “the Ansbach is biologically dead! The pungent smell hung in the air throughout Maria Anzbach.

Horror result: The efforts of dedicated trout enthusiasts, which started 30 years ago, were wiped out overnight by this gigantic flood of liquid manure. It is thanks to the Maria Anzbach firefighters that the wave of deaths could not spread further into the Große Tulln. Police and water rights authorities supported the Florianis. A dam was built and the escaping water-sludge mixture was suctioned off with vacuum drums.

Also harmful to humans
District captain Josef Kronister also immediately became involved: “The water supervisor is on site to minimize damage.” A lot of water was flushed down to dilute the poisonous mixture. Fire chief Josef Ertl asked residents: “Keep yourself and your animals away from the creek. Manure can be harmful to human and animal health!”

In any case, trout owner Oswald Hicker, like many of Austria’s 400,000 Petri disciples, eagerly awaits the result of the police investigation: “A liquid manure drawer cannot open and close by itself!”