Olympia: Animal welfare association presents criminal charges against Schlu and Raisner

Good a week after the Olympic Riding Drama of Tokyo around Annika Schleu, the German Animal Welfare Association has set criminal charges against the five-fighter and national coach Kim Raisner. The allegations are "animal cruelty" and "aid for animal cruelty".

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The sluise lying on Gold Course had tried to tear the riding discipline under tears that bring her admitted and completely defensive horse "Saint Boy" with rectors and spores back to the course. Raisner had animated her with a violently controversial call ("on it, hurry really on it!").

The animal welfare association criticized that Schleu "the frightened and overwhelmed horse repeatedly beaten roughly and had any insight in subsequent interviews". Trainer Raisner asked the athlete "to this animal cruel action".

"Of course there is a sportswoman fixed on Olympiagold at the moment under an enormous stress. But that is not an excuse for animal cruelty in a performance-oriented competition between people who have nothing to look for," said Thomas Schröder, President of the German Animal Welfare Association: "Our advertisement also serves the Basic clarification of this problem. "

The World Association of Modern Fighters (UIPM) had excluded Raisner after the incident from the games. Previously, she had set itself against the accusation of animal cruelty. "I said, hang on it. But she did not torture the horse, in no way," Raisner said the side.

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"I did not treat the horse extremely hard. I had a stomach that was previously controlled. Just like the spores. I'm really aware of an animal cruelty," said the week's time. In the follow-up, however, she would have "react a bit quieter and more prudent," gave slip. The World Association wants to respond to the transactions with a measures catalog.