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German dog owners flee fireworks on New Year’s Eve, seeking quiet retreats due to pet trauma and rising firework imports.
As Germany braces for New Year’s Eve, thousands of dog owners, including Frankfurt’s Anja Gerauer, are avoiding fireworks by staying in airport hotels where pyrotechnics are banned, citing trauma from loud noises and flashes that stress pets.
Rising imports of fireworks—42,400 tonnes by September—have fueled concerns over animal distress, air pollution, and injuries, prompting calls for a ban from animal welfare and medical groups, though Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government has not enacted one.
Some hotels now offer pet-friendly packages, and many owners are choosing quiet retreats in terminals or forests to escape the chaos.
Los propietarios de perros alemanes huyen de los fuegos artificiales en la víspera de Año Nuevo, buscando retiros tranquilos debido al trauma de las mascotas y al aumento de las importaciones de fuegos artificiales.