Overview
- A court in Landsberg has set a criminal trial for 25 November 2026 after judges admitted an indictment charging the two farm operators with violations of the Tierschutzgesetz.
- A tip led authorities to the farm on 6 May 2025, when officials found 80 dead dairy goats and the local veterinary office rescued 41 severely weakened animals.
- Pathological examinations concluded the dead animals died of starvation, dehydration and poor care, and prosecutors say at least 92 goats were subjected to prolonged and repeated severe pain.
- The district administration of Landsberg imposed a ban on keeping livestock and filed a criminal complaint, and the accused have so far declined to comment to reporters.
- The case has raised local outrage because the farm had marketed itself as a model operation that sold cheese directly to markets, and questions remain about the whereabouts of roughly 150 other goats and whether oversight of small livestock holdings will change.