Overview
- The parked trailer at a nature trail lot in Iphofen, which drew complaints about a putrid smell Wednesday morning, was found leaking foul organic fluid.
- Officers opened the trailer and documented eight wild boar carcasses that were reported to be headed to a licensed animal carcass disposal facility.
- Investigators identified the 35-year-old owner, who is from the Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim district, and he returned to unlock the trailer.
- Police are investigating why the load was left in a protected forest area and are asking witnesses to share when the trailer was dropped off and how long it sat there.
- Germany requires animal remains to go to approved facilities to cut the risk of disease and pollution, which is why leaving a leaking trailer in a public hiking area raised alarms.