Mannheim animal shelter
| Animal protection association for Mannheim and the surrounding area | |
|---|---|
| legal form | registered association |
| founding | 1901 |
| Seat | Mannheim ( ⊙ ) |
| purpose | Animal welfare and animal mediation |
| sales | over 600,000 euros |
| Employees | 10 |
| Members | 1200 |
| Website | www.tierheim-mannheim.de |
The Mannheim animal shelter is run by the animal welfare association for Mannheim and the surrounding area. V. operated animal shelter on Friesenheimer Insel in the northwest of the city of Mannheim .
history
Beginnings, founding and First World War
The beginnings of organized animal protection in Mannheim were in the late 19th century; Horses were the primary means of transport and locomotion these days. In the Generalanzeiger Mannheim dated June 30, 1889 it was read:
"Animal protection association. We received the following noteworthy question from our readership: 'Shouldn't it be possible for an animal protection association to be established here? There are so many cases of horse dragging of the crudest kind at the unloading points on the Neckar foreland that it was finally time for this outrageous nonsense to be stopped. '"
The Generalanzeiger wrote again on September 17, 1891:
“Establishment of an animal protection association. The idea of founding an animal protection association in our city seems to have found lively sympathy among the local population. We have recently received the following letter from our esteemed sources: 'The note on the day before yesterday about the need for an animal welfare association in Mannheim was certainly welcomed by many. It is quite incomprehensible that such an association is apparently not yet considered necessary in this city, while such protection exists in all larger cities. '"
In April 1901, the Mannheim Animal Welfare Association was registered as an association at the registry court. The first Mannheim animal shelter was also built in the forest park on the Reissinsel in the Lindenhof district , at that time still far outside the residential development.
In 1917 the association consisted of 406 members. “The remnants of the city nursery staff who still existed did the bare minimum to preserve the bird life,” reported the Badische Neuesten Nachrichten on May 29, 1917 on the occasion of the association's 19th general meeting about the activities at that time, after winter feeding had to be canceled due to lack of food.
Between the wars and the Second World War
After the First World War, the Mannheim Animal Welfare Association faced rebuilding. The association had 344 members. The lease contract for the property of the animal shelter at the forest park was terminated. Animal rights activists from Mannheim decided to buy the building and sign their own lease agreement with the city for the site.
The feed of the animals in the shelter consisted of waste from the city hospital and the slaughterhouse. The daily care allowance for a dog was between 80 pfennigs and 1.50 marks, depending on the size. The city had no funds for urgent repairs at the shelter. According to a report in the Neue Mannheimer Zeitung of August 29, 1925, the animal welfare association was only given a loan. The animal welfare association moved into its new office in the Mannheimer squares R 3, 12.
In 1925 Mannheim had a full-time dog catcher who caught stray dogs and dogs without a tax stamp and brought them to the animal shelter. Pet owners had three days to report; then it could be "sold or killed" by the animal shelter. According to the “Neue Mannheimer Zeitung” on September 14, 1929, animal shelter manager Zimmermann reported that around 2000 dogs were shot in the shelter in 1927, “on some days up to 70 dogs”. The city had raised the dog tax to the German record of 63,000 marks.
Even after Ludwigshafen set up its own animal welfare association, the association kept its name Animal Welfare Association Mannheim-Ludwigshafen , but only had around 1000 members.
The association spoke out against the torture of animals and criticized the fact that many horse-drawn carts still drove without brakes, which for the animals on the road slopes of the Rhine bridge , the Lindenhof overpass and the Neckarau crossing became pure animal cruelty.
In 1930 the then 1st chairman, the main teacher Linder, closed the general meeting with the words: "If we fight for animal welfare, we fight for humanity." In the same year, the first major event on the occasion of World Animal Protection Day took place under his leadership held in Mannheim. As a result, the city of Mannheim provided the association with new business premises in Mannheim squares T 2, 14 free of charge in 1932. The symbol of the association was St. Francis with the animals.
In July 1935, the Animal Welfare Association Mannheim-Ludwigshafen was named "Animal Welfare Association Mannheim and Surroundings" and, with August Ersig, a new board member. Membership met in the “Ballhaus” for an extraordinary general meeting. A given uniform statute of the Reich Animal Protection Association was adopted , which was subordinate to the Reich Ministry of the Interior .
By 1945 Mannheim had been the target of over 150 air raids. The animal shelter at the forest park was destroyed twice.
Re-establishment in the Federal Republic
In the first two years after the end of the war there was no longer any organized animal welfare in Mannheim. Only a few animal rights activists from Mannheim took care of the destroyed animal shelter in the forest park.
In 1947, the first chairman, Hermann Kunze, responded to requests from several animal rights activists and brought the animal protection association back to life.
In August 1949, Kunze came under public criticism as chairman of the animal protection association because he wanted to sell the rebuilt animal asylum in the forest park with the associated house to a dog association without a decision to become a member. With the following disputes the reputation of the association suffered so much that it finally came to a temporary suspension of the association's activities. The animal shelter in the forest park passed to the city.
On July 1, 1952, the Mannheimer Morgen and the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung reported on a gathering of 60 animal rights activists in the Mannheim pub "Zähringer Löwen". At this meeting, the Mannheim Animal Welfare Association was re-established. Hermann Kunze became 1st chairman again, Fritz Heß became vice chairman. The Mannheimer Morgen report continued to read: “The animal asylum in the forest park - formerly a domain of the animal protection association - had become a foster home for abandoned animals in the post-war years through Ernst Hastreiter (...). The asylum has now been leased by the city administration to the Association for German Dogs, which is chaired by the second chairman of the animal welfare association, F. Heß. "
Hess continued to maintain the animal shelter as an asylum for stray dogs and cats and also took care of animals during the vacation period. Because of the “considerable number of dogs and cats found in the city that fell into the noose of the official catcher” (Mannheimer Morgen, July 28, 1952), the city was still unsatisfied with the accommodation options. Hess, so the Mannheimer Morgen further, "will require the cooperation of the animal welfare association, the city administration and ultimately all animal lovers in order to build the new animal shelter into an animal welfare site".
According to a newspaper report in September 1954, five to six dogs were admitted to the shelter every day. In the past two years there were over 5000, most of which were put down as not negotiable.
The allegations, which were sometimes reported in the press, ranged from personnel difficulties to unclear financial conditions. A board of directors elected only a few months earlier resigned at the beginning of July 1955. On July 9, 1955, the Mannheimer Morgen headlined: "Pleasing boost at the animal welfare association" and reported that the criminal director Oskar Riester stood for election at the renewed request of many Mannheim animal rights activists and was elected first chairman of the association with a large majority. The association received a new statute and the membership fee was 5 DM per year. At the instigation of Riester, the animal shelter came back under the sole management of the animal welfare association a year later and extensive renovation work began.
In 1957, Caterina Valente became a prominent member of the club.
In the middle of the expansion and construction work in the old animal shelter, the association received the message that the animal asylum had to give way to the residential development at the forest park. On August 7, 1958, the Mannheimer Morgen headlined: "The animal asylum on the edge of the forest park must disappear". It interfered with the further development of the Niederfeld. The question of a new location preoccupied city planners and association members.
On World Animal Day in 1959, a large-scale street and house collection was to be made for the new animal shelter. Several Mannheim schools were written to. On the day of collection, more than 500 collectors were out with donation boxes.
The annual street collection of the animal welfare association on the occasion of World Animal Protection Day brought in more than DM 10,000. In 1966 the old animal shelter housed 453 dogs and 196 cats. 186 dogs and almost all cats were euthanized because of illness, injuries or simply because they could not be conveyed.
Move to the current location
On March 22, 1965, the city proposed the Friesenheimer Insel as the location of the new animal shelter. The animal welfare association agreed. From October 19th to 21st of this year the shelter moved to the new site on the island. There the foundations, stables and farm buildings of the "Weisbrod" manor, which had not been managed for a few years, had been converted for 431,000 marks.
According to a report in Mannheimer Morgen, the Mannheim animal shelter was now the most modern in the whole of Germany. The site belonged to the city of Mannheim. The renovation was mainly financed by her. 20 dog and 21 cat boxes were available.
A new, additional dog house with a further 30 dog boxes was built at the expense of the animal protection association. The interior minister at the time, Walter Krause , stood on Paradeplatz for this purpose in October 1967 with the collection can . At the end of the year, the new animal shelter also had a feed kitchen with a 100-liter pressure cooker worth 3,400 marks. At that time, the animal shelter manager Walter Dauth took care of the facility and the two vets, Dr. Heinrich Bachmann and Dr. Herbert Boos.
The personnel costs in 1970 for the entire animal shelter were 34,400 marks. The association's assets were put at 150,000 marks. In addition to the board of directors, the association had an advisory board of twelve people aged 17 to 85.
In 1981 the city planned to connect the shelter to the drinking water supply. So far, only well water had been available, but according to new measurements on the Friesenheimer Insel it was too heavily contaminated with pollutants.
While the second chairmanship changed five times from 1982 to 1997, Franz Kühner led the association for 24 years until March 2006 and then became honorary chairman of the Mannheim animal rights activists. Herbert Rückert, who still holds this office today, became the new chairman.
Current
In May 2013, the renovation of the large dog house (lower dog house) with its 30 kennels began. The construction work was completed in March 2014. The opening ceremony took place on March 30, 2014.
Despite problems with the financing of the construction, the project was successfully completed. A total of more than 270,000 euros were invested, of which 200,000 euros were financed through donations; the rest was contributed by the animal welfare association.
Reptile department
In October 2012 the new cat and reptile house was put into operation. A reptile department was set up on the upper floor of the cat house, which was filled with snakes, lizards and turtles within a very short time. The new building was officially opened on the open day in 2012 in front of more than 4,000 visitors.
With the reptile department, the Mannheim animal shelter has the first facility of its kind in an animal shelter in Baden-Württemberg . The press, radio and television reported several times in the months that followed the opening.
Pet cemetery
The animal welfare association for Mannheim and the surrounding area e. V. operates a pet cemetery in Mannheim-Neckarau on Donaustraße near Innstraße. The plant was put into operation in August 2004. On average, around 70–80 animals have been buried here every year. The facility is not only available to animal owners in Mannheim, but also to animal owners from other cities and communities.
Others
Every year there is an open day at the Mannheim animal shelter to provide information about the work and tasks of the animal welfare association. In 2012 over 5000 visitors could be counted. In addition, many exhibitors offer information and products. There is an opportunity to tour the facilities such as the newly built cat house and ask questions to the staff. All income from this event will only benefit animal welfare.
The placement page offers an up-to-date overview of animals that are looking for a new home. You can also follow the animal protection association Mannheim via the social media platforms Facebook , Google+ and Twitter .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ MARCHIVUM : Chronicle star . May 29, 1923. Retrieved September 27, 2018 .
- ↑ MOST WANTED / POLICE: Who dug the gang? In: Der Spiegel . No. 48 , 1955 ( online - Nov. 23, 1955 ).
- ↑ MARCHIVUM: Chronicle star . October 17, 1967. Retrieved September 27, 2018 .
- ^ Tierschutzverein Mannheim - history of the association
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.morgenweb.de/mannheim/mannheim-stadt/sanierter-haus-erfreut-die-hundeseele-1.1457567
- ↑ http://neckarstadt.tumblr.com/post/80875289854/neues-hundehaus-im-tierheim-mannheim
- ↑ http://www.morgenweb.de/mannheim/mannheim-stadt/tierheim-bangt-um-seine-existenz-1.1076042
- ↑ http://www.morgenweb.de/mannheim/mannheim-stadt/klagelaut-aus-tierheim-erhort-1.1126321
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Escaped, abandoned or given up: New reptile house in the Mannheim animal shelter
- ↑ http://www.morgenweb.de/mannheim/mannheim-stadt/reptilien-in-neuem-domizil-1.752665 Reptiles in a new domicile
