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A dog was rescued from a hot locker at Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany. The owner faces charges for violating animal welfare laws.
BERLIN (Reuters) -A dog was rescued from a locker for valuables at Neuschwanstein Castle in southern Germany after its owner shut her pet inside over the objections of other tourists so that she could visit the famous attraction, police said on Sunday.
Neuschwanstein, a picture-postcard castle with surging turrets nestled in the Alps near the border with Austria, is one of Germany's top tourist attractions.
Despite it being a hot summer's day and half the locker already having been filled by a pram, the woman locked the dog inside the small space and left to tour the castle, police in the nearby town of Fuessen said in a statement. Security staff were alerted and freed the dog, they added.
"The dog was fortunately unharmed but visibly glad when it was rescued from the already hot locker," the police statement said, adding that officers deployed to the scene took him back to the police station.
The police did not specify what breed the dog was but said it was of "medium" size and about 60 cm (two feet) tall at the shoulder. An officer on duty at Fuessen police station contacted by telephone said the dog was a mongrel.
Police said they had initiated criminal proceedings against the owner on suspicion of breaking Germany's animal welfare law.
(Reporting by Ralf Bode and Francois MurphyEditing by Gareth Jones)
A dog was rescued from a locker for valuables after its owner locked it inside while touring the castle.
The dog was fortunately unharmed but was visibly glad when it was rescued from the already hot locker.
Police initiated criminal proceedings against the owner on suspicion of breaking Germany's animal welfare law.
Neuschwanstein is a picture-postcard castle located in the Alps near the border with Austria and is one of Germany's top tourist attractions.
The police did not specify the breed but described the dog as medium-sized, about 60 cm tall at the shoulder.
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