Animals - Dog boom in Hamburg continues even after Corona
The dog boom in Hamburg continues even after corona. The number of dog tax accounts held with the city rose by almost 900 to 63,206 in the year to December, according to the Senate's response to a minor written question from André Trepoll, district policy spokesperson for the CDU parliamentary group in the city council. Compared to the pre-corona year 2019, this is an increase of more than 20 percent. Revenue from the dog tax has also risen by over 25 percent in this period to almost 5.5 million euros so far this year.
"Compared to 2019, there are around 10,785 more four-legged friends on our streets," Trepoll told the German Press Agency. "The Senate must take this fact into account not only when planning dog exercise areas, which are unfortunately too rare in Hamburg, but also with the employees of the dog control service, who are supposed to ensure compliance with the obligation to clean up excrement, among other things."
Because as nice as it is to love animals: "The unremoved droppings of dogs on public roads are a major nuisance for pedestrians," said Trepoll. "And the more dogs there are in Hamburg, the greater the risk of foot mines on our sidewalks!"
Paragraph 20 of the Hamburg law on keeping and managing dogs states: "Anyone who has a dog outside their own enclosed property, in apartment buildings outside their own home, is obliged to pick up the dog's excrement and dispose of it properly, insofar as this is possible and appropriate in individual cases." Anyone who fails to do so risks a fine.
According to the Senate's response, on-site checks are carried out by employees of the police dog control service (HKD). A total of 110 posts are assigned to the HKD - mainly police employees at the regional police stations, but also 10 posts from the water police. However, the Senate was unable to say how many fines were imposed in connection with dog waste, as these are not recorded separately.
To ensure that dog waste is disposed of properly, the city cleaning service issues "dog waste bags". However, while the number of dogs is increasing, the number of free bags is decreasing: from over 36.6 million in 2021 to 31.4 million last year, as the Senate response also shows. This year, just under 30.1 million bags had been issued by December 5.
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The dog boom in Hamburg, as reported by the German Press Agency, is largely due to an increase in dog tax accounts, with over 10,785 more dogs detected since 2019. This increase in dog population has led to concerns about the lack of adequate dog exercise areas and the rising issue of uncleaned dog waste on public roads. In accordance with Hamburg law, failure to clean up dog excrement can result in fines.
Source: www.stern.de
