Sent: April 2007

TWO SPANISH DOG KILLING STATIONS

In Cortegana and El Campillo, near Aracena

We are informed on two dog killing stations at El Campillo and Cortegana, about 50 and 100 km North of Huelva.

These killing stations are owned by the Province of Huelva and used to kill lost and unwanted dogs from this province.

If dogs are not collected by their owners within 10 days, they are euthanised.

As these killing stations are situated in the middle of nowhere of a vast province, the chances of dogs to be found by their owners are remote.

Although the employees might try to make the best of the situation, the circumstances in the killing stations are described as horrific.

We are saddened by the fact that general animal care efforts by authorities are restricted to compulsory rabies vaccination and micro-chipping of pets, whilst vaccination against actual lethal diseases are optional.

It is tragic and cruel that policies and budgets for abandoned or lost animals are aimed at their imprisonment and death.



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