DThe German Animal Welfare Association filed criminal proceedings against the modern pentathlon athlete after the Olympics Annika Schler And national team coach Kim Resner. As the organization announced on Friday, it accused Schleu of cruelty to animals due to incidents in equestrian competitions, while Raisner helped and abetted cruelty to animals.
Schreller’s horse was rejected in the Tokyo game, and Reisner asked the weeping Berliner to write “Hit it, hit it!” with a whip. According to Thomas Schröder, President of Tierschutzbund, animals have no place in the performance-oriented competition between humans. The advertisement also clarified this problem fundamentally. Schleu failed to gain insight in subsequent interviews and criticized the Animal Welfare Association.
In an interview with the weekly newspaper Die Zeit, Schleu again defended the allegations that he tortured her horse in the race. “I didn’t treat this horse very harshly. I have a crop that I checked beforehand. It’s like a spur. I really don’t know of any animal cruelty,” said the 31-year-old. But she also admitted that she might have said before, “Well, it’s just worthless.”
After that, she felt isolated by the World Association, and the German President Klaus Schulman did not speak to her. Schroeder, president of Tierschutzbund, said that Schormann (75)’s resignation was late.
