Tuesday 26 March 2013

It is happening on your doorstep and mine

Not another one I thought as I read this story in the Depeche. At Loze between Loze and Lacapelle Livron on the Causse at Caylus a dog refuge is up in the courts for animal cruelty. These are some of the expressions used " un elevage canin dans une situation lamentable et inadmissible", " scandaluse mauvais traitments a animaux"  The judgement will be on 23rd April
Some readers may remember my experiences with another dog refuge where I used to go and help walk dogs that otherwise would be stuck in a small pen for life, some of the dogs being there from puppies to old age and driven mad (literally) by being locked up day after day, week after week, till in terrible conditions they died. I do not even want to remember the poor caged cats in a cage covered in faeces and being told they mainly had cat flu, so no one was keen to go in. Certain friends were in a position to save dogs and chose the oldest and most helpless to rescue.  A group of us did try to improve conditions but in truth we did not achieve much.
A refuge needs to be run by the SPA, Societe Protectrice des Animaux which is a bit like the RSPCA in England.
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