IN the best interests of the welfare of the dogs and puppies in its care, the British-founded Centro Canino animal shelter voluntarily complied with a Palma court order and emptied the refuge of all its dogs and puppies at 11am yesterday morning.
Vice-President Julie Ford said that, while it was a traumatic emotional experience for the volunteers and the dogs we're getting used to it now.
Yesterday was in fact the fourth time in as many years the shelter has been forced to close following complaints from a lone neighbour in the area.
If we didn't comply, we would have faced a 50 euros per day fine and the prospect of the dogs being forcibly removed by the police and taken to the municipal dog pound at Son Reus.
The police did turn up, we don't know why, we think a neighbour called them, Julie said.
However, lots of people turned out to show their support for the centre and I received scores of calls from supporters in response to the Bulletin's article this week.
Some were quite emotional but it's a big boost to know we've got so much support in the community, she added.
About half of the dogs and puppies have either been adopted or temporarily fostered and the rest have been moved to the Son Batlet kennels who have been very co-operative.
All the dogs have been moved with the favourite toys, beds and blankets to keep them as happy and comfortable as possible and all of our volunteers will continue to care for our animals at the kennels.
We will still be open to help any one with a pet problem and also supervise over the adoption of the dogs at the kennels or those in temporary foster homes.
We've lodged an appeal against the latest court ruling, but we've no idea how long that will take. We hope not long for the sake of the animals, she added.
No comments
To be able to write a comment, you have to be registered and logged in
Currently there are no comments.