Germany, divided over the fate of the dachshund while animal activists defend that "the best thing is its extinction". Mara Gergolet: The objective of the Animal Welfare law is noble: to prohibit the suffering of animals, not just domestic ones.
The result is that it could lead to the ban and extinction of one of the quintessential German dog breeds, the dachtshund. The petition has reached 22,000 signatures. It was the Association of German Dog Breeders (Vdh) that reported the case, triggering a wave of protests.