When Michael Aufhauser struck up a conversation with a cattle dealer, he couldn't believe his ears. He told him that the traders had recently started exporting the horses to the East. There they were slaughtered and sold as half horses to Italy. He knew a dealer who currently had horses destined for Russia. Michael Aufhauser did not want to allow this to happen and asked Aiderbichler animal rescuer Christian Kögl to set off to help: Johnny, who suffers from Cushing's disease, could be spared transportation to Russia.n.
