This little lady is a Pointer, a walking skeleton, malnourished, abused, and incapable of moving.
Luckily she is now with the Kimba refuge, recovering from her ordeal.
Her lord and master overlooked the fact that she has an identification chip so, for once, Spanish law can go after him!
A Kimba volunteer continues her story.
We took her to our veterinarian who had to operate on her urgently. We found out that in addition to the long list of other problems, Linda had also been pregant, and in giving birth she had complications, and some of her puppies died inside her uterus and rotted inside of her, so the bones of her unborn offspring had to be removed from her
It has been very difficult trying to help her recover. Our financial situation is like that of any other animal protectorate in Spain, we are faced with surgical interventions, blood analyses and treatments. But her fortitude will help her to recover, though it will be a problem for her owner.
This poor little hunting dog has suffered the insufferable. These are one of the breeds who suffer the most in Spain; they are neither pets nor companions to anyone. They are merely tools to be used in Jaén and discarded in Cádiz. But her lord and master has had the misfortune that his tool has an identification chip, and there has been no report filed of her being lost of stolen.
Hence, her miserable owner has had a denouncement filed against him, and we are hoping that articles 632.2 and 337 of the penal code, which both the prosecutor’s office as well as the government news office boast about to those of us in animal rescue, trying to tell us that the animals in Spain are protected.
Let’s hope that we don’t have similar situation to a previous one from Courtroom number 3 in Chiclana de la Frontera (Cádiz) where the owners of two abandoned and microchip identified dogs (who had posed to threat to highway safety) were fined 60 euros. And on top of that the judge asked us why we had picked the dogs up off of the roadway.
Of course that day these articles were not mentioned in the courtroom, and both the animals and ourselves were completely humiliated.
So we don’t believe the words that the administration repeat time and time again. We will publish the outcome of this denouncement and, if we have to, we will do so in the languages of every civilised country.
Linda does not have a voice, but we have thousands of voices, both in Spain and abroad, and we will not give up until we have shamed those who deserve it, and see to it that justice is done for this poor little long-suffering dog.
Linda is now in a wonderful foster home recovering from all of the abuse and from her operation.
YouTube video featuring some of the work, but also distressing cases, that volunteers in Spain face.
Refugio KIMBA
protectorakimba@hotmail.com
Tel: 00 34 679 968 900
Apartado de correos 2768 (11080 Cádiz)
Please help us to save their lives.
Comments
2 responses to “Linda’s story”
In the US, the vets make the determination concerning the condition of the dog and this is what is reported to the judge for sentencing.
If the vet determines malnourished or other atrocities, the animal is confiscated immediately and pictures are taken for sentencing.
Once you have harmed or not fed a dog or cat you lose all of your rights immediately. If the situation warrants, the owner is handcuffed immediately and taken to jail for questioning and held.
There are holes in the law in Spain, as no one confiscates the abused animal, and no vet makes such a determination. A micro chip or license is not a license to injur an animal since this falls under the penal code.
In the case of a human, the doctor or hospital makes the determination and the situation for a dog or cat is the same.
Hi Monica
Thank you very much for reading Galgo News and taking the time to comment on this. It is very interesting and something which I will keep aside to note, for future reference.
Please spread the word about the Letter to the Spanish Prime Minister too, the more we and all the other animal lovers keep hammering on at these people who could improve the laws to protect dogs like Linda, and prosecute their owners, perhaps one day it might have some effect.
Thank you again for your comments.
B