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The owner of the horses is attributed the alleged perpetrator of animal abandonment
One of the horses was dead for a month and the second had to be sacrificed by veterinary technicians due to the critical condition that presented
Neighbors of the area alerted the Benemérita of strong smells coming from the farm
The Civil Guard of the Region of Murcia has developed the operation 'ROCINANTE' to investigate the origin of strong odors emanating from a farm, located in the municipality of Jumilla, which has made it possible to uncover a case of animal abandonment, resulting in Death of two horses, by starvation.
The owner of the animals has been instructed as an alleged perpetrator of animal abandonment.
The investigation began when, thanks to the citizen collaboration, the Civil Guard was aware of the existence of a house from which emanated strong odors, reason why its location was arranged.
Recently, members of the Nature Protection Service (SEPRONA) of the Benemérita have located the estate, consisting of a house and an animal stable, where they have located the corpse of a horse, dead for about a month, as well as another Equine in critical condition.
The Civil Guard, in collaboration with veterinarians from the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, has verified that the animals showed signs of severe malnutrition, presumed to be the cause of the death of one of them, while the second, after assessing their state of health , Has had to be sacrificed to avoid a slow and painful death.
The owner of the horses has been investigated as an alleged perpetrator of animal abandonment.
With this operation, the SEPRONA persists in the monitoring of the legislation that protects the rights of animals that are currently protected in our Penal Code.
The investigated person and the investigations have been made available to the Court of Instruction number 1 of Jumilla (Murcia).
Animal abandonment offense
Included in the Penal Code and included in crimes related to the protection of flora, fauna and domestic animals is the crime of animal abandonment.
This crime commits the one who abandons an animal in conditions that may endanger his life or integrity and is punished with a penalty of one to six months and special disqualification from three months to one year for the exercise of profession, trade or commerce that Is related to animals and to the possession of animals.
Campaign against mistreatment and abandonment of domestic animals #IfYou Can Count It
With the main objective of raising awareness among citizens to promote the necessary measures for the protection, management and welfare of domestic animals, as well as to denounce behavior contrary to animal welfare of which they are aware, the Civil Guard started the past July 29 the # YoSiPuedoContarlo campaign. The Guardia Civil has detected an increase in citizen awareness, not only through formal complaints, but also among users of social networks, as demonstrated by the fact that one of the issues that most Interaction generate in our followers of Twitter and Facebook is the request of citizen collaboration to clarify crimes of mistreatment towards animals.
The second objective of this campaign is to make people aware that having an animal is a great responsibility and that animal abandonment is punishable by the current Penal Code.
Campaign #You Can Count
If you want to join this campaign, record a video with the slogan "yo sí puedo contarlo" or a photo with the hashtag #YoSiPuedoContarlo and upload it in your profile of social networks.
Likewise, if you know of any cases of abuse or abandonment of an animal reported on the phone 062 in the email seprona@guardiacivil.org or in our social network profiles.
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Source: Ministerio del Interior
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