The owner of the DeLorean, Markus Zahn (owner of Weinhaus Zahn), first asked the
owner of the nibbling donkey to reimburse him for the damage. Please note: he
only asked for the reimbursement of the material damage, not for any additional
damages. The owner of the donkey refused, so (to the surprise of Mr. Zahn), it
ended up in court. The Vitus owner’s defense: Mr. Zahn was stupid to park his
expensive car that close to the fence. In other words: his fault.
The District Court of Gießen ruled that Vitus, the nibbling donkey,
did indeed bite the car twice in September 2016 through the fence, resulting in
damages of Euro 5,800 Euro. Since the fence was obviously not equipped to
contain the appetite of Vitus the Donkey, his owner is therefore liable. Hence,
the owner has to pay, even if Vitus might have taken the orange luxury car for
a juicy carrot…
For the animal lovers among the readers: Vitus is currently
owned by a lovely lady who takes the nibbling obsession of Vitus with humor.
“Yes, he nibbles on everything, as you can see on the fences here.”
The owner of the DeLorean does not have any hard feelings regarding
the donkey, and even petted him despite the fact that Vitus never apologized to
him…
Needless to say, Vitus became a media star, in my humble
opinion with more reason than the whole Kardashian clan thrown together…
Image courtesy of ©Markus Zahn, picture-alliance/dpa
