Debt Collectors Seize Family Dog And Sell Her Online

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Authorities in a German town have sparked anger by confiscating a family’s pet dog over unpaid debts and selling the animal on eBay. 

Officials in the town of Ahlen seized the family’s pet pug and sold her on eBay for 750 euros (£643)

According to the Independent: Edda the pug was taken from her owners after they allegedly failed to pay debts owed to the town, including a dog tax.

The seizure has been heavily criticised on social media, with many commenters saying that the decision to sell the family pet was heartless.

Officials defended the move and said it was a last resort, as authorities were unable to find anything else of value to remove.

Debt collectors first attempted to seize Edda’s owner’s wheelchair but were unable to, as it did not belong to the family.

They opted to take the pug instead, according to news website Die Glock.

Dirk Schlebes, Ahlen’s treasurer, said the seizure was legal and that non-essential household goods were taken first, according to German news agency dpa.

 

4 Comments

  1. If you are “unable to find anything else of value to remove” then you have gone far enough; don’t you understand? Humans should not be doing this sort of thing to other humans. These unthinking but cruel drones are the final enforcers of our debt slave system. Without them this tyranny would not be able to continue. Do they never question their consciences?

  2. Bullshit story…as if anybody would buy this poor excuse for a dog….. a korean wouldn’t even eat this dog…… BULLSHIT STORY FOR SURE

  3. They wanted to seize the owner’s wheelchair? These debt collectors would take the clothes off of the dead if they could. And then her dog? That’s just stealing even if they try to say they were justified.

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