Tracking attacks by animals

    In the event of a present threat to public safety posed by animals, either the police (tel: 110) or the emergency services (tel: 112) must be informed immediately. Otherwise, the competent regulatory authority must be notified.

    Description

    If animals (domestic animals and wild animals) are currently endangering public safety, you should immediately inform either the police on 110 or the emergency services on 112.

    This concerns the public safety of

    • People
    • other animals, or
    • road safety

    These bodies will, where appropriate, inform the competent authorities or eliminate the risk themselves.

    If a dog biting incident has occurred, if a dog has jumped at a person in a dangerous manner or caused a danger by a sudden tearing away (for example in road traffic), a report should be filed immediately with the responsible regulatory authority or the police.
     

    Online services

    There is currently no online service available for this location.

    Contact point

    Please contact the competent regulatory authority or the police.

    Contact person

    Unfortunately, no contact persons were found for Friedberg (Hessen) (District Wetteraukreis). Please check the service description above for information on how to find the responsible contact person.

    Forms

    The notification or notification of the facts can be made informally (in writing, by e-mail, orally on the record with the competent authority).

    If necessary, the competent regulatory authority shall also provide notification forms.
     

    Procedure

    • Call to the public order office, personal appearance, written notification
    • Notification of where and when the animal/dog attack was seen
    • Notification of the tax number and the dog owner (if known)
    • Notification of identification tag for farmed animals (if known)
    • Information on the course of events and possible witnesses
    • if public order office cannot be reached, then inform the police
       

    Deadlines

    Please make your ad as soon as possible.

    Processing time

    In case of concrete danger immediately, danger in delay.

    Costs

    None

    Area of validity

    Hesse

    Official approval

    Officially approved by Hessian Ministry of the Interior and Sport on 21.02.2023

    Version

    Technisch erstellt on 03.02.2023

    Technisch geändert on 08.07.2024

    Keywords

    Angriffslust, Plötzliches Losreißen, Aggressivität beim Hund, Biss, Gefahrenabwehrverordnung, Kampfbereitschaft, Schärfe, Verkehrsunfall, Gefahr, Anspringen in gefahrdrohender Weise, Haustiere, Beißvorfälle, Wildtiere, HundeVO, Bissigkeit, Gefährliche Hunde, Hunde, Kampfhund / Listenhund, Hunde halten und führen, Gefährdung von Menschen, Hundeverordnung

    Language version

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de

    Technisch erstellt on 07.06.2017

    Technisch geändert on 14.05.2025

    Englisch

    Sprache: en

    Sprachbezeichnung nativ:

    English

    Technisch erstellt on 07.07.2021

    Technisch geändert on 26.11.2019