Owner of chicken mauled to death by a dog is awarded large payout because the bird was a trained actor and had appeared in a German TV movie
- Ute Milosevic, 55, has been compensated 615 euros for the loss of hen Sieglinde
- The chicken starred in the 2017 film We Are Sisters but was killed later that year
- Milosevic claimed to have plowed hundreds of euros into 10 hours of training
The owner a prized chicken that was mauled to death by a dog has been awarded a higher payout because the bird was a trained actor with movie experience.
Ute Milosevic, 55, has been compensated 615 euros for the loss of hen Sieglinde, which starred in the 2017 film We Are Sisters.
She claimed to have plowed hundreds of euros into 10 hours of training for the chicken only to watch her investment vanish when the animal was killed in a farm in Weeze, Germany, later that year.
Today, a regional court in Kleve ruled Milosevic was entitled to a larger payout than initially granted owing to the acting lessons spent on the dead animal.
Sieglinde the dead chicken on the set of the 2017 film We Are Sisters, which he starred in
Ute Milosevic (pictured with her chickens), 55, has been compensated 615 euros for the loss of hen Sieglinde
A lower court had previously awarded her only half that amount, saying she was partly at fault for letting Sieglinde roam free on the farm, but this has been overturned.
Milosevic, a farmer who who keeps pigs, horses, alpacas, geese and dogs, waxed lyrical over Sieglinde who was ‘very tame’ and ‘did everything a dog could do,’ according to German news outlet WDR.
She said the chicken would regularly want to be cradled in her arms and petted.
Describing the horrible day of Sieglinde’s death, she said: ‘The dog raced here into the yard, ran into the paddock and grabbed the chicken.’
Milosevic, a farmer who who keeps pigs, horses, alpacas, geese and dogs, waxed lyrical over Sieglinde who was ‘very tame’ and ‘did everything a dog could do’
At first, the dog owner rubbished claims his canine had mauled Sieglinde and insisted it was a different chicken, an ordinary egg-laying hen called Chalotte.
But the court concluded the dead chicken was indeed Sieglinde, which Milosevic’s lawyer said was being touted for future movie roles and thus secured a hefty payout.
A regular chicken costs about 15 euros, but Sieglinde had appeared in at least one German TV movie, commanding three-figure daily fees.