THE Centro Canino is going to launch one final attempt to safe guard the future and well being of the 27 dogs it is caring for today by paying a surprise visit to the Mayor of Palma Catalina Cirer.
Cirer has invited residents of Palma, (potential voters) for a hot chocolate and a chat at Palma City Hall this morning and the Centro Canino, which is locked in a fight for survival with Palma City Council, has decided this is a great opportunity for Cirer to meet Centro Canino volunteers and the dogs currently being looked after at the refuge.
The president of the centro canino, Juan Gill, also wants to use the occasion to stress to the Mayor first hand that they are not breeding and selling animals and make a plea for her to not shut down the sanctuary.
The clock is however ticking.
The city council maintains that the animal centre does not have its paperwork in order and last Tuesday began the process of carting the dogs away.
Five were caged and taken to the municipal dog pound at Son Reus.
Fortunately, the local community rushed to the aid of the Son Reus five and all were in the safety and comfort of good homes with their owners or foster carers by Wednesday afternoon.
However, the council is going to return to the centre on Wednesday, April 18 at 4pm, to remove the remaining 27.
The response from the public and Bulletin readers in Majorca and on-line overseas has been massive.
The centre received an influx of interest from people wishing to home Pitufa who appeared on Wednesday's front page about to be caged.
She is one of the Son Reus five rescued from the pound on Wednesday. The centre is continuing to receive hundreds of calls and e-mails from all over the world from people sending messages of support or expressing their interest to help by providing a home for the dogs if needs be.
Julie Ford said yesterday they are coming in thick and fast from places as diverse as Belgium, Germany, Holland, UK, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and even Colombia.
The general message is that people are horrified and just can't believe that something like this could possibly happen in an otherwise modern and cosmopolitan European tourist destination such as Majorca. Many are calling for an international tourist boycott.
We have been left with no choice but to gather once again to express our total repulsion of this uncaring and disproportionate treatment meted out by Palma Council. Surely this matter could be sorted out in a kinder, less traumatic way, she said.
For anyone and their dog wishing to join today's protest, the meeting point is Plaza de San Franscisco, just behind the City Hall in Plaza Cort, at 9.30am.
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