THESSALONIKI. The tribunal sentenced a 46-year-old antheral of Bulgarian root to large fines and a condemnation of 1.5 years for illegal merchantability of dogsafter helium tried sell an carnal to a random passerby close connected the street.
The incidental occurred successful the country Ampelokipiwhere is the antheral offered to bargain a woman a dogwhich helium kept with him. As it turned retired later, this determination became for him a fatal mistake.
During the trial successful the tribunal of archetypal lawsuit criminal defence Thessaloniki the accused was recovered blameworthy of illegal favored trade.
The tribunal appointed him 15 months imprisonmentwho were replaced by a monetary punishment astatine the complaint of 10 euros per day. Additionally, helium was fixed a good of 5,000 eurosas well arsenic an administrative good 4,000 eurospreviously discharged ΕΛ.ΑΣ.
In total, the magnitude of fiscal sanctions reaches astir 13,500 euros.
How the “terrible criminal” was caught
The strategy was revealed thanks to denunciation the actions of two women. One of them told the tribunal that she accidentally met a antheral connected the street.
“I was waiting for a person and when I saw him, I smiled due to the fact that the puppy was beautiful. Then helium asked if I wanted to bargain it.”explained the witness.
At archetypal she decided that we were talking astir a gift, and asked again successful surprise. However, the antheral clarified that helium was selling the animal. Moreover, according to her, helium stated that helium besides had “police dog”which helium is willing to merchantability for 200 euros.
A fewer minutes later, the woman’s person arrived astatine the scene. After a abbreviated discussion, they decided to take action.
“A person said: “let’s bargain a canine so we person proof.” We took photographs. I gave him 90 euros, and my person called the police. Then we went successful antithetic directions, arsenic agreed”– said the witness.
Police officers who arrived astatine the country detained the antheral and recovered some of the wealth helium had received.
Not the archetypal time
As instrumentality enforcement agencies established, the accused had antecedently travel to the attraction of the authorities for violations of authorities related to pets.
During the tribunal hearing, helium was unable to intelligibly explicate where helium got the canine from, and besides did not specify what precisely helium meant when speaking astir the “police” animal, which helium allegedly besides had and was intended for sale.
Editorial comment
The main occupation with this story is not the information of selling a dog, but however the instrumentality interprets such actions.
For an mean person, the situation looks logical: helium recovered an animal, went out, and then, for some reason, decided to transfer it to different proprietor – possibly adjacent for money. In mundane understanding, this is not perceived arsenic a crime.
However, from a ineligible constituent of view, everything is different. Selling an carnal is not a backstage transaction, but a regulated activitywhich is allowed lone if specific conditions are met: registration, chipping, registration of transfer and availability of the close to sell.
If this is not the case, then even a one-time effort to merchantability an carnal “from hand” automatically falls under the class of amerciable trade successful animals.
This is where the cardinal contradiction arises: a idiosyncratic tin enactment without malicebut legally finds himself successful the presumption of a violator.
It is important to understand: the instrumentality successful this lawsuit is not directed against idiosyncratic people, but against the full marketplace – amerciable breeding, resale of animals without control, deficiency of veterinary registration and subsequent throwing of animals into the street.
The occupation is that this rigid system does not differentiate betwixt those who marque wealth from animals and those who accidentally find themselves successful this situation.
As a result, a paradox arises: a idiosyncratic tin prevention an animal, spend clip and wealth connected it, but when trying to merchantability it – adjacent retired of necessity – helium risks facing transgression liability and ample fines.
The decision present is simple, but unpleasant: if you prime up an carnal and cannot support it, it is safer to transfer it done authoritative procedures oregon escaped of charge, with registration (or enactment it backmost connected the street. We bash not urge this… But.. it’s up to you to decide). Trying to merchantability connected your ain whitethorn effect successful the consequences we described above.
And this is precisely the lawsuit when ignorance of the instrumentality truly does not exempt you from work – adjacent if you initially acted with the champion intentions.
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