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[5] In 2001, Dutch authorities took legal and police action against the farm due to animal cruelty and overcrowding in the stables.

[14] As a result, in November 2014, the responsible district of Jerichower Land issued a nationwide ban on pig keeping and care against Adrianus Straathof, which was unique on this scale in Germany.

Finally, on June 4, 2015, Adrianus Straathof announced that Christian Graf Brockdorff and the law firm Schultze & Braun would act as trustees of his ownership.

[17] On March 18, 2020, Adrianus Straathof sold the concern to the investor Terra Grundwerte AG, based in Switzerland and owned by Schleuniger founder Thomas-Andreas Martin Strehl.

[18][19] Terra Grundwerte AG in turn appointed the Lindhorst Group based in Winsen an der Aller for the operational management.

[14] In 2019, Report Mainz as well as Der Spiegel published footage in cooperation with Animal Rights Watch, which again showed brutal killings of pigs.

[27] Another major criticism concerned the company keeping sows in gestation crates too narrowly so that the animals had far too little space.

[31] The German Federal Administrative Court ruled that the company's practices were illegal and violated animal welfare.

[32] In April 2017, a technical failure led to a fire at the piglet production plant in Kleindemsin, the approximately 260 sows housed there died and damages of €2 to 2.5 million were incurred.

[33][34] In July 2018, a technical defect led to a fire at the piglet production plant in Gladau, the resulting damage was estimated at €250,000.