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He allegedly hit his dogs several times with a stick
The Civil Guard of the Region of Murcia has developed the operation 'Amelia', an investigation aimed at clarifying a case of animal abuse in Alhama de Murcia, which has resulted in the identification, location and investigation of a local neighbor, to that he has been instructed as alleged perpetrator of a crime related to the protection of flora, fauna and domestic animals.
The members of the Benemérita Nature Prevention Service began the operation in the middle of the month, when they detected the diffusion of several videos in which a person appeared beating dogs with a stick, facts that generated some social alarm in the population .
The investigations carried out allowed the civil guards to identify a neighbor of Alhama de Murcia who was allegedly after the authorship of the acts of animal abuse investigated.
Once all the necessary evidence has been obtained, the Civil Guard has located and investigated the suspect, who has been instructed as the alleged perpetrator of a crime related to the protection of flora, fauna and domestic animals.
The crime of animal abuse
The crime of animal abuse is included in the recent reform of the Criminal Code, which defines it as the fact of unreasonably mistreating animals, by any means or procedure, causing them to seriously harm their health is punishable by penalties of three months and one day to one year in prison and special disqualification of one year and one day to three years for the exercise of profession, trade or trade related to animals and for the possession of animals.
The Spanish detainee, 85 years old and neighbor of Alhama de Murcia, together with the proceedings, has been made available to the Court of Instruction of Totana (Murcia).
Campaign against abuse and neglect of domestic animals #YoSiPuedoContarlo
With the main objective of raising public awareness to promote the necessary measures in the protection, management and welfare of domestic animals, as well as to denounce those behaviors contrary to the animal welfare of which they are aware, the Civil Guard began in July 2017 campaign #YoSiPuedoContarlo.
The Civil Guard has been detecting an increase in citizen awareness, not only through formal complaints, but also among users of social networks, as evidenced by the fact that one of the issues that generate more interaction in our Twitter followers and Facebook is the request for citizen collaboration to clarify crimes of mistreatment of animals.
The second objective of this campaign is to make the population aware that having an animal is a great responsibility and that animal abandonment is punishable by the current Criminal Code.
#YoSiPuedoContarlo campaign
If you want to join this campaign, record a video with the slogan "I can tell it" or a photograph with the hashtag #YoSiPuedoContar and upload it to your social networks profile.
Also, if you know of any case of animal abuse or neglect, report it on the telephone 062 in the email seprona@guardiacivil.org or in our social media profiles.
Source: Ministerio del Interior
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