Hunter left his dogs to die – PACMA prosecute

Link to an article in Spanish about a hunter who left his dogs to die. PACMA took up the case to prosecute. Herewith a Google translation –

Alicante
PACMA file a suit against a hunter who died left their dogs in Benidoleig

Photo: PACMADENIA (Alicante), Jan. 25 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Antitaurino Party against Animal Abuse (Pacman) has filed this complaint on Tuesday a judge in Denia (Alicante) against a hunter who they accuse of “letting their dogs die” in Benidoleig (Alicante), as indicated to Europe Press sources of this political formation.

Party spokesman in Alicante, José Luis Sanchez, has said it believes “the lack of attention and care needed to dogs, to cause death, is a crime of animal cruelty”, as stated in Article 337 of the Penal Code, which may be convicted “up to one year in prison. “

José Luis Sanchez, has indicated that PACMA popular accusation is presented as in the case “that the abuse does not go unpunished”, and noted that “we need to start Justice to enforce the penalties provided by law, to end this scourge of society. “

PACMA administratively has been reporting since 2009 “the story of neglect of animals that lived in cages with dead bodies of other dogs. “

Sources of political education have indicated that the owner “of animals used for hunting” and “no longer lived with the dogs, ” as it became apparent “lack of hygiene and care they took the dog to die a after another. “

The party claimed that the animals were in cages in the middle of an orchard Benidoleig where, “due to hunger and living conditions in the” townspeople “took over feed them for a while. “

PACMA first brought an administrative complaint against the owner of the animals, with whom José Luis Sánchez spoke before taking action to try to make him understand that dogs “could not continue under those conditions. “

Sanchez has stated that “faced with the indifference of the hunter, ” for which “it was normal for hunting dogs live well”, was brought in 2009, a complaint which was attached a veterinary report on the situation in which animals were , Which was filed.

In 2010 PACMA returned to notify the appropriate SEPRONA who, during an inspection, arrested the owner of the animals, opened further prosecution of the case, and referred to Magistrate’s Court in Denia, in a process that continues. “I do not understand that death was necessary for animals that the court take the case seriously, ” have indicated from PACMA.