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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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This is the most awful situation. I am so horrified, as an animal lover. I'd heard of this place before from another forum but to read this is just so barbaric.
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Countdown to execution... ...four days left
By the time the CoastRider is distributed today (Tuesday) the two beautiful Bichon Frise Maltese Crosses pictured will have only four days left to live. If the obviously related pair are not adopted by Saturday 19th July they will simply join a number of other unclaimed dogs and be herded into the incinerator room for their final moments of hell on this earth.
Imagine if you will, a large warehouse. The sort that is suitable for car spraying, or storing vegetables. It has a high roof, hardly any light, and is concrete floor to ceiling. Not the sort of place to put animals in, let alone distressed and abandoned animals, desperate for a caring, loving home.
This is exactly the place that stray dogs, caught by the one official animal recovery centre, end up in.
Into this barren, uncaring hell hole they go, and few of them are lucky enough to escape it. On the day in question, working under cover, I was on the escape committee.
In this part of Spain, rumours abound about this place. I am not interested in recounting the rumours; the story I have to tell is of truth and fact, no matter how hard you find it to believe. This business is run for profit, and supported by 40 town halls. This is a place of misery for dogs that I had to see with my own eyes to believe.
I have rescued dogs before, and gone to other rescue centres with their nice receptions, clean pens and helpful staff. They are full of healthy, dogs that plead for you to take them home with them. This is not one of those places.
Here cages line the outside walkway, filled with dogs. The smell still hits you even though you are in the open-air. The pens on the right have the smaller dogs, on the left large dogs. It doesn’t matter what breed they are, or what size they are. It doesn’t even matter what sex they are, in they go together! I was standing by one of these cages for just ten minutes, and witnessed one large adult male dog forcing intercourse on a small puppy three times. Nothing is said by the owners, and you better not say anything either, or you have no chance of getting the management to release a dog into your care.
One needs and wants to have as many of those dogs in your care, because you know that there is no care here for them. There is no bedding for them.
They are not groomed. They are not petted, or walked. But the biggest crime, is their health is not attended to. There are no facilities for medical care.
Not even the pretence of an examination room. If one gets ill, they all do. Disease and pests spread like wildfire in these circumstances.
Go and visit, and you too will see the rough concrete floor of the cages being hosed down while the dogs are still in them. You too will smell the faeces and urine that cover these poor animals, matting their fur and assaulting their noses too. You too will see the desperation on their faces, for they know that even though it is rough outside, there is much, much worse if they end up in a cage inside the building. They are on the clock and if someone doesn’t save them fast, there is no parole.
Cross the threshold. Come inside this place if you dare. For in this inner sanctum is more misery than you could imagine. Here cats, dogs and puppies are all caged together willy nilly in a parvo and distemper hell. Infected animals are placed in this area, and along with them are chipped animals waiting patiently for their owners to reclaim them.
Little do they know that their darling doggie that they have been trying to find may well die an excruciating death, because the people who found it just want money. Given the evidence of the conditions the animals are kept in they do not care about the animal’s welfare. As long as the streets are kept clear of strays, they get paid. What happens to the dogs, very few care.
At the back of the room is the place where no good man may tread. The large metal cages that have solid walls, so the dogs cannot be seen, exude an all encompassing terror by themselves. These cages are the end of the line. They are the prisons of no return, and lead to the gas chambers. The dogs know it. You know it. These are the reason that the manager happily tells you that he has “a large turnover”.
I cannot take too much of this. I have to keep a smile on my face and ignore what is going on, so that I can rescue some of these dogs. I want to take all of them away from here, but there are not enough volunteers to care for these dogs until they find good homes.
I am allowed to have the puppy that was being raped. When I take her to the vets on my way home, I am told she is 10 weeks old. She sits in the car with me in a state of shock. She is not the only one.
I can also take a small dog that has nibbled my fingers through the bars. She is eight weeks old. She is put in my arms and gives me a kiss and snuggles in close, just in case I change my mind and have her put back in the cage. Rules have been spouted at me about the time that the dogs have to be kept before they are released and I cannot take any more today, but can come back in a few weeks time. I dread to think what the state of the dogs that I want to rescue will be in that time, but I can do nothing more today, I have to think myself lucky that two have come with me. Two have escaped and two more are coming soon. It seems so few, but I am only one person.
Any dogs sent to the rehoming centre must by law, be kept for 10 days if they are not chipped. For those that are chipped they are allowed to endure 30 days of hell before they too are terminated. Unless that is their owners claim them or some kind soul comes along and rescues them. Very little effort is made to re-home the animals. It does after all cost money to feed them for a few extra days. So much easier to turn on the gas, then shovel the dead bodies into the incinerator afterwards.
The company’s website has a section where people looking to adopt an animal can search for a specific bread. I have been logging on to this website for months. In that time not a single animal has been put on the site for adoption. When I quizzed a staff member about this, he simply replied, “by the time it takes to get the dog onto the website it has already gone.” When I pushed further as to what he meant by “gone”, he just said, “Sacrificado. We have a large turn over.”
Due to the filthy conditions and zero medical treatment for the animals, the story doesn’t end there. Both the puppies have got infections; diahorrea and dehydration and need to be hospitalised. They are lucky to be pronounced Parvo negative. Others aren’t so lucky. Parvo virus could be described as the dog equivalent of Aids. It attacks the animal’s immune system, leaving the helpless dog open to any disease that is going around.
Unfortunately the treatment is almost as hellish as death, especially for puppies. Vets are often loath to treat puppies as the treatment itself leaves the poor animals in excruciating pain until the puppy either comes through it or dies.
Once out of hospital the two lucky ones will start their lives learning all the things that puppies should.
Playing, eating good food, drinking clean water, sleeping in a comfortable bed (which is usually yours!), and being in a healthy and happy environment. Come to think of it, isn’t that what we would like for ourselves?
How do these animals end up in the dog pound? Some have escaped from their owners’ gardens, or become lost whilst out exercising. If they are found wandering many local police forces simply call up and have them taken away to the pound. More forward thinking councils now realise this is not the way to deal with stray dogs.
They are now starting to contact animal rescue charities firstly and only sending them to the dog pound as a last resort. I wish I could say that this was normal practice for most councils, but unfortunately it has only been adopted by a few.
Some of the dogs have been taken from their owners because they have been abusing them. Others have simply been abandoned by their owners, many of them are Brits returning back to the UK after failing to settle in Spain. Either naively or worse still uncaringly, they abandon mans best friend thinking that someone will find it and take care of it. How wrong they are! They are normally rounded up and shipped off to the pound. Once they have reached the end of their grace period they are marched off to the incinerator room. Which, on certain days of the week, means that this hellhole has another aroma, the stench of animals being cremated in the incinerator.
I urge everyone that comes over to Spain, to make sure that their dogs are immunised against rabies and that they have been blood tested for rabies. You cannot take your dog back to the UK until six months has passed from the initial blood test date. One of my neighbours told me that their dog was a rescue dog of five months old. The previous owner had taken it at only four months to the vets. They asked the vet to put it down as they were returning to the UK and didn’t have time to find anyone to look after it. The vet refused to kill the puppy and took it into his own care, before finding a home for it.
The local animal rescue centres are full to bursting. None of them can take any more dogs, not even the two lovely Bichon Maltese crosses that are sitting on death row. If you can home one or both of these dogs, even temporarily, or you think you can give a lifeline to any of the others awaiting execution, then please get in touch with me. I will put you in touch with the organisation that is fighting to save as many animals as it can. They do not wish to be named in this article, for fear that they will not be allowed to help any more dogs on death row. I can be contacted on my private mobile number 680 624 608.
This awful place is in Cereco near Crevillente. They have recently applied for a licence to open a place four times the size in Albatera. I have finally managed to wash away the stench of that place off of my clothes and body, but I doubt that I can ever get it out of my mind.
Sean McSeveney
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15 Jul 2008 8:34 AM
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It's so very sad when you read articles like this in Spain, and unless the sanctuaries are run by English, you tend to get the feeling that the animals welfare isn't a top priority. The stray cat and dog situation is getting to saturation point and the government really do need to do something about it.
When we were at our house in Murcia recently, a young Ibizan Hound adopted us. She was so friendly and quiet, but unfortunately all the local dog homes were so overflowing that they couldn't take any more. Some had even stopped taking dogs in 4 months ago. Against my better judgement, and a lot of pressure from hubby and daughter, she is now living the good life in lovely English run kennels in Benidorm where she'll get her rabies jabs etc, and is flying back to Gatwick in the New Year to start a new life here. Sorry credit card!!
When you read articles like this, you just want to take them all home. We are on a new golfing estate which is only half built, but already there are at least two families of cats and kittens living there, as well as the odd stray dog that comes and goes. If nothing is done, the cats will keep breeding and at least one of the dogs in the past has been very agressive, and could not be caught.
I will get off my high horse now but I hate seeing stray animals anywhere, but in Spain it's hard not too, and there doesn't seem to be much that can be done about it.
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15 Jul 2008 11:36 AM
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Oh Rosemary, that really made me sob, how you've adopted that dog. Thank you. I get so emotional about animals being illtreated I could kill !!
Recently my husband & I were invited to stay overnight with "Jane b" on here & her husband, near Vera in Almeria. (New internet friends, never met them before) They took us all over the area in the lovely hills with their tiny winding rough roads. We stopped to speak with someone & there was a sweet small dog, so friendly & just craving some TLC. It had a thick piece of string around its neck like a collar with a short length attached that had frayed against something. I couldn't remove it, sadly, without scissors. Hubby & I fussed it & it didn't want us to leave it. We then drove around the hills to another place (not very far) & I'd been thinking about this small dog all the way. Got out of the car & there it was.  It had followed the car.
On that outing we passed some buildings that were almost in ruins with grilles at some windows. There was a dog behind a window with its nose through the grilles. It never barked. It just looked as we went by. It's face was almost totally covered in fat ticks. We passed it on our way back & it was the same, it never barked.
I was so upset, stifling my tears.
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17 Jul 2008 9:23 AM
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This is not something I like to read after recently losing my old friend. She was put to sleep at 14 after a suffering for quite a while through illness. It was so hard for me to see her suffer and I can't begin to imagine how those poor dogs are suffering. Are there no laws to protect them? It's horrendous.
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21 Jul 2008 9:21 PM
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Good news for four dogs, including the two Bichon Frise ...
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Saved at the last minute
As thousands of you know, last week I featured a story about two Bichon Frise dogs that were on death row. I know that thousands of people read the story because of the number of phone calls I received offering to help. So many in fact, that I had to give my phone over to members of the K9 Club and let them take the calls. I was totally overwhelmed by the response; in all truth I was not prepared for the reaction. Thankfully the same members of the K9 club that first brought the issues of Cereco to my attention were on hand to help out with the coordination of the campaign to save the dogs.
I am glad to say that members of the K9 club saved both the dogs from certain death. Even at the later stages it was touch and go. This was because K9 were very short of funds and had to organise funds for vets fees and accommodation for the dogs before they could liberate them from the Cereco pound.
When several members of K9 club went to the Cereco pound in Crevillente on Friday afternoon, they did so with trepidation. For they didn’t even know if the dogs would still be there, for many a dog has perished well before it was eligible for release to a safe home. On arrival they recognised the dogs from the pictures as they walked through the gates. They told the staff that they wanted to “Recogida los dos Perros” (collect these two dogs). The staff allowed them to take the two white Bichon Frise dogs. They also saw two small three kilo dogs that were being attacked by other larger dogs in their respective cages (this was either unnoticed or ignored by the staff). They decided that we could not leave them there to be killed this way, so they asked to take them also. When they got these two into the car they realised that one of them, the smallest one, had no teeth and was completely defenseless.
All four of them were immediately taken to the veterinary clinic and they all spent the rest of the day and Friday night in the veterinary hospital. The two Bichon’s are in a very bad state.
They are two boys, probably brothers, or father and son. They are eight to ten years old and both extremely thin. They both have diarrhea and the right eye of one of them was tightly closed with a type of wax that had been excreted over a long period and hardened to clog up the fur around the eye. The vet had to soften and release the wax with a special liquid and then cut away most of the fur around the eye. He was able to slowly pull the remaining fur apart and the dog was then able to open his eye for the first time in many months, although both his eyes are inflamed, red and sore.
Both Bichon Frise’s have a heart murmur and will require daily tablets for this once they have recovered from their recent ordeal and put some weight. When they are strong enough they will both need surgery to correct problems with their teeth, and one of them for a non descended testicle. Thankfully, blood tests for Leishmaniosis and Heartworm disease gave a negative result for all four of them.
Needless to say these dogs are traumatised and their road to recovery will be a long one. They are being taken care of in a foster home by two lovely ladies that will provide lots of TLC during their period of treatment and medication. When they have fully recovered the K9 club will search for a permanent new home for them. The other two small dogs that were rescued at the same time have also been given medication to help them recover from a cold and other infections.
I spoke with representatives from the K9 Club. They told me, “We would like to continue to rescue dogs from this pound. However, the services of a vet to treat them is costly, an average two hundred Euros per dog. We need more people to help to raise funds for us so that we can continue with our rescue campaign and get dogs away from this pound.”
Can you and any of your family or friends get together to raise funds with coffee mornings, Barbeques, sponsored walks and other events, a local club fund raising event, car boot sales, or perhaps you can all sponsor a rescued K9 dog until it is homed? K9 can provide you with posters and bits and pieces for use at fund raising events to help get the message over. They desperately need your help, it can make a difference between the life or death of a beautiful animal.
The outcome for a number of dogs looks better, purely because people have stepped forward with offers of help. Several animal charities are going to get together along with other concerned readers, to form action groups. Amongst other actions they will be lobbying local and national governments to force dog pounds to change their practices and ensure animals are treated properly. If you are interested in becoming involved then call 680 624 608 every little effort can help.
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24 Jul 2008 10:51 PM
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HELP THE ANIMALS
http://www.lamarina.info/Waystohelptheanimals.html
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24 Jul 2008 11:00 PM
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The place in question is Cereco, we have been rescuing animals from there for over a year now and want to carry on doing so. It's really heartbreaking to pick out which dogs to save and which dogs to leave behind but I would urge anyone looking to adopt a dog to go to this place and rescue one. It is just a business to them, they are paid thousands of pounds a month by 40 Town Halls to rid the strays from their streets, if only the Town Halls would team up with the Animal Rescue groups in their area maybe we would have a better solution than this hell hole the dogs are being sent to now.
I have an update on the dogs we rescued on Friday. We managed to get the 2 Bichon's but unfortunatly the Shih Tzu cross was no longer there. We did get 2 other dogs out, 1 of which was being attacked by the 3 larger dogs in the kennel, we thought she would have to be put to sleep but we don't give up on any animal and gave her a chance, thankfully she has made a good recovery and has been adopted by the same ladies who adopted the Bichon's. The Bichon's have a longer road to recovery, they both have heart murmurs and their teeth need removing as soon as they are strong enough, apart from this they are very happy and getting spoilt rotten. The other small dog we rescued is approx 1 yr old and has also been adopted, she has a terrible cold as do the others and she is very timid.
In order for us to rescue more we are in desperate need of funds, not only does K9 Club rescue the animals from Cereco they also rescue strays from the streets which all need Vet care. If you could help in any way by fostering, adopting, donating money, donating bric-a-brac or doing some kind of fund raising please get in touch.
This is a link to an update in the Coastrider Newspaper
http://www.coastrider.net/news_main.htm#puppies
This is a link to the K9 website where you can donate money.
http://www.lamarina.info/Waystohelptheanimals.html
There is also a Facebook group to close Cereco down.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gi...4789477&ref=nf
The four we saved .. two days on
Yvonne
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29 Jul 2008 9:28 PM
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In memory of Pippa, Tiny Tom, Percy, Casey, Lucky & others who stood little chance.  (I'm in tears again reading about such cruelty  )
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Cereco Death Pound Update
The response to the article Countdown to Execution that was featured in The CoastRider July 15th edition, regarding the appalling conditions at the Cereco Pound in Crevillente has been massive. A committee is being formed to take the issues to a higher level. Many people want to appeal to their local councils asking that they re-think their policy in stray animals. But for one couple it brought back memories of their visit they made to the building approximately eighteen months ago.
The following is Mary from La Romana’s account of that event and their subsequent struggle afterwards: We were looking to adopt two dogs and were keen that these should be from a Rescue Centre. My initial impression as we drove up was that this factory unit could not be used to accommodate animals but from the cages in the forecourt it was obvious that this was the case.
The animals housed there were so much more fortunate than those kept within the factory building, where at the front tiny cages contained puppies of varying sizes and breeds, with no bedding or access to food or water. Further within the unit behind a barrier preventing the visitor wandering in, are the remaining dogs, barking and howling. It is sad and disturbing that these animals are confined with inadequate light or ventilation.
The unit looks as if it has suffered fire damage but now, we understand this is from the fact that the dogs are destroyed and cremated within the unit.
This was no regular Rescue Centre! The attendants appeared surprised that we were interested in adopting but the let us look around, it was heart breaking to see the conditions that these animals exist under.
Outside we found our initial choice a German Shepherd puppy, of approximately four months old. The note on the cage said she came from Mazzaron. This was to be Casey.
Inside, the tiny cages were filled with puppies some looking too young to be taken from their mother. Some leapt at the bars of the cages, tails wagging with pleading eyes, others more worryingly remained unresponsive to our attention, they remained curled up and shivering with eyes that did not appear to focus. Within the same cages the obviously sick puppies vomited and coughed over their healthy companions.
We found an apparently healthy, Chihauhau Cross, that had thrown herself at the bars demanding we notice her as if her life depended on it, on reflection her chance of life did depend on that choice. This became Pippa.
There was a tiny black puppy in a cage with older and stronger puppies that took turns to attack him, they meant no harm, they were only playing but he was too small to defend himself and there were too many of them so as one grew tired of terrorising the small black bundle another would start again. He came with us too, and we later found out Tom as we called him was only four weeks old.
We asked about the Vaccination Card for Casey, the others were too young but at four months she should have started her inoculations. We were told she had received nothing.
A small puppy with a black coat and white chest and paws continued to cough, I asked what was wrong with him and was told Kennel Cough. I knew better now than to ask what medication he was on, so Harvey came with us as well.
We signed the papers and carried our new family to the car when my husband spotted an elderly small terrier in one of the outside pens. He was ‘streetwise’ he kept his distance from the bigger dogs and had found a piece of wood to hide under but in doing so he was destined to be the last to get any food or water offered and more likely miss out all together. We couldn’t take him, he had another four days to serve before he could leave with us. That was Percy, and we determined to go back for him as soon as they would allow us to take him home.
Our four pups went straight to the vet, worming tablets and removing the ticks and fleas was the first order of the day, along with some antibiotics for Harvey’s cough.
They were to be kept away from other dogs and in a couple of weeks when their resistance was stronger they could begin their vaccinations. As soon as we were allowed we went back for Percy but he was already very weak. We thought at his age he just needed some TLC.
It all started going wrong around seven days after we brought them home. Pippa started to vomit and pass blood. We rushed all four puppies to San Anton and they went in to their Intensive Care Unit where I was to spend many days encouraging these little souls to fight and fight they did!
Pippa passed away within hours, I have never seen such a rapid deterioration.
Tiny Tom held on for a few days as the Parvovirus destroyed him from the inside out.
Harvey tried so hard to survive he lasted over a week and finally the vets agreed I could take him home to die as he was only happy when he was being cuddled, I kept my side of the bargain and sat up with him and held him until he slipped away.
Percy just slipped away, too old to fight but a dignified little dog, who was loved by us if only with us a short time. Last of all was Casey. Maybe her size had enabled her to survive longest and she even came home for two days but then her breathing deteriorated and she was back in the Intensive Care. The Vets suggested it might be distemper and she was tested and the result was negative, but by then pneumonia had claimed her.
She was a valiant dog and would have been a great companion had she lived.
While at the Vets I met a German couple that had adopted a puppy they named Lucky from Cereco the same week we adopted ours. He died the same day as Harvey.
A Municipal Pound is supposed to serve a purpose for the Community and I can understand and support that aim, but it should be designed to help reunite lost pets with their owners and provide the basic standard of care and compassion to the animals in the facility. Surely, basic medical care and the prevention and detection of communicable diseases is a fundamental necessity.
I am sure that everyone will agree that the tale told is a harrowing one indeed.
I admire anyone that can try and give one of these unfortunate animals the opportunity of a home and support.
It may seem that our recent efforts have not been in vain. A couple that have visited Cereco in the last week say that there is now a vet on call. The couple regularly go to rescue dogs from the pound. They told The CoastRider, “When we visited the dogs were given Paravigen and Canigen in a separate consulting room. The Vet explained what the injections were and how they might effect the pups overnight and said if they were unwell either to go back to Cereco or take them to a vet. His manner was most cordial and polite, and he made every effort to ensure that we understood what the injections were for. Along with the Vaccination cards we got a Receipt for the €60.” The couple further continued , “The areas were clean and there were no obviously sick pups in with healthy ones. The staff were very pleasant and even helped us take the pups to the car, and shook hands with us and gave us a small bag of dog food to take with them. The evening before, when we visited the Pound they would not let us take the pups without their first inoculation which was encouraging and yesterday when we went to collect them they had to ring the Vet who came within twenty minutes.”
The other positive side to the article is that it has highlighted the fantastic work that the animal charities carry out. Without them many hundreds of dogs, cats and horses would have had to have been put to sleep. Many charities like Animal Aid, Finca Lucendum, PAWS and the K9 club to mention a few are totally stretched. They desperately need help to bring in funds and for people to come forward and adopt the abandoned animals that just want a loving home.
Jane and Karen are the two ladies that have adopted the two Bichons saved from death row.
In an attempt to raise funds for the K9 club they are organizing a ‘Meet the Bichons’ fundraising event. They will be holding the event at their bar called the Kazbar in Montesinos on the 11th of August. Entertainment is being provided by renowned singer Ruby Blues, who also adopted one of the dogs rescued last week. Along with providing entertainment on the night she is creating a six tracks CD. All proceeds from the sale of the CD will be donated to charity. Jane and Karen are providing a buffet on the night.
Admission is free but the ladies would like people to bring a prize for the raffle or make a donation at the door. They already have some great raffle prizes including a mountain bike and a couple of lovely jackets. For more details on the evening call 679 587 058.
We still very much want to continue this campaign to save more animals and help the animal charities within the area. If you can help in any way at all then call 680 624 608.
Sean McSeveney
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30 Jul 2008 12:53 AM
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Thankyou for posting the Coastrider articles on this forum, so nice to know there is people who really do care. I am in a slight rage about the person who says Cereco has cleaned up it's act........LIES! It's obvious this person knows nothing about animal welfare or cares. If this person had been as many times as I have they would see through the act. Cereco has always been a terrible place and always will be unless something is done. San Fulgencio and Pilar De La Horadada have started the ball rolling in cancelling their contract with Cereco and now rely on the Animal Charities in their area, if you want to stop Cereco from coming to your area then please write to your local council and maybe speak to the local animal charities to see if they could approach the councils to come up with a better solution, after all it's all about getting votes at the end of it. To finish my ranting I would like the person who wrote a letter to the Newspaper praising Cereco to come forward and tell us their name, or is it that they are the same friend of the boss of Cereco that phoned us last week!!
I have enclosed a few pictures of Death Row.
If there is anyone who can help by fostering, adopting, donations, fund raising or donating bric-a-brac please email: k9club@lamarina.info the more money we raise the more animals we can save.
Yvonne
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Dogs of different sizes and sex into the same cages, fights break out and only the toughest survive
This Chihuahua couldn't reach the water or food bowls for 10 days, we couldn't leave him there to die and he now has a lovely home where he rules the roost.
All those faces pleading for you to notice them is heartbreaking, it's dark, damp, smelly and is the area no one is normally allowed to enter. No animal should have to live
like this. They get no exercise and when the pens are cleaned out they just turn the hosepipe on whatever is in that cage. I could go on and on but will leave it for now.
The pictures can't tell you how bad this place really is, I wish we had a video of how these animals have to live day in day out for 10 days.
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04 Aug 2008 3:24 PM
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Hello there all animal lovers.
Upon recently reading the articles published by the Coast Rider here in Spain we are absolutely disgusted that any human could treat these animals in this way.
We have contacted the author of these articles and said that we will support him in anyway we can. My husband and I are joint owners of a veterinary hospital in Benijofar Pet Care. We have many people that come to our shop looking to give dogs a good home and we often recommend that they visit SATS in Dolores. The dogs there are well cared for and dedicated staff run this organisation with other volunteers who clean, feed and walk the dogs. However, after reading the articles about Cereco Animal Centre in Crevillente we will now also be dedicated to rehome as many of these poor animals as we can. Any kind hearted person wishing to rehome any of these animals we at Pet Care will give them a Free Health Check and blood tests. We came to Spain to retire and had one dog which we brought from the UK who is now sadly no longer with us. We have 3 dogs that we have rescued, 1 from SATS and the other 2 from the street. Our last addition was brought into our hospital by a kind Irish lady who found 2 puppy german shepherds laying in a ditch at the side of her house in Quesada. She asked if we could help her and of course we were only too happy to help her. Unfortunately when she arrived at the hospital with the puppies in her car one of them had sadly died but we rushed to save the other. She was also very close to death so we immediately put her on a drip and gave her 24 hr care, we almost lost her a few times throughout the night but she was a fighter and finally she pulled through after 7 days. We named her Lucky (obviously) and before she left we bathed her ready for her to go home with the Irish lady. Lucky was with her for around 4 months but unfortunately the lady had to move home and could not keep Lucky anymore and my husband who adored this little puppy as he does with them all was only to happy to bring her home. She is now just over a year old and extremely spoilt along with our other two and has a life of luxury swimming in the pool. We would never put to sleep a healthy dog, anything that breathes deserves a life. We recently had a client bring in a stray to us during the early hours of the morning which we kept with us in the clinic for 4 days, we took photos of her and posted them around Dona Pepa where she was found as she was not microchipped. However no one came forward to claim her but I am happy to say that she too now has a very loving home with an English lady in Quesada.
If you need any medical advice or help you can reach us on 966712443 (24 Hr Hospital) or my mobile on 644121931
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04 Aug 2008 6:08 PM
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Oh Denday, thankyou for posting on the thread I started. I'm in tears yet again.
How can people be so heartless & others be so very kind ? Your help will be so appreciated.
Lucky was definitely lucky when he found you.
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04 Aug 2008 11:12 PM
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Oh my God I am appalled at the awful way these poor animals are treated. Thank heavens for the 'good, kind people' who are able to give help and support. How can the authorities totally disregard the welfare of these poor little things?
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11 Aug 2008 4:10 PM
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This is a petition linked to the terrible conditions dogs are kept in at Cereco Dog Pound that was recently brought to our attention via the Coastrider newspaper.
Please click on the link to sign the petition and send it on to all your friends.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/cereco ... st-animals
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11 Aug 2008 7:32 PM
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Have signed the petition More. These poor animals need all the help they can get!
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11 Aug 2008 10:38 PM
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Hi Denday,
I must admit i have used your vets in Benijofar and was very impressed,when new clients ask me where to take their cats,dogs and assorted pets i always recommend you.
I got my dog from Sats in Dolores three years ago now,she was poisoned and beaten within an inch of her life.
My advice to anyone looking to get a dog when you come to live here is firstly ignore all the Carrefour and pet shops that have the so called pedigree puppies and go to one of the rescue centres,why pay 800€ for a dog when you can go to a place and give one a home for a small donation.
Sats is very wll run,clean and the dogs get walked (by volunteers) daily.
The only problem is when you go you want to bring them all home.
You do have to put a little work into the dogs there but in my experience you get such unconditional love from them after they have experienced cruelty from another human being,my dog has turned out to be the most faithful loving dog i have ever owned and has no finally started to trust people again.
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12 Aug 2008 12:03 AM
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Coastrider Letter 12/08/08
I have lived in Spain for almost 4 years and have never felt the need to write to an English Language newspaper before. I was so appalled by the letter in edition 235 from "name and address supplied" ref the Cereco pound in Crevellente, I would like to pass on my PERSONAL experience of the horror of this environment.
In September 2005, I found a Cocker Spaniel tied up outside what was Caprabo supermarket in La Marina urb.
With him was a letter in Spanish giving his name and stating that the owner was no longer capable of looking after him.This was a perfectly HEALTHY animal and very loving.
Doing the right thing, I took him to the vets in La Marina and he was found to have a microchip. I then found him accommodation for the night with the PAWS agency. After picking him up the next morning, I was very soon visited by the Police. Because he was chipped, I was told that the dog had to go to the Cereco pound until the owner was located. The Police also told me that if I cared for the dog, I should remove him from Cereco as soon as possible!!
The following day, the owner had been traced to Madrid, had stated that they had no interest in the dog, and I was told that if I adopted the dog, he would be released. I therefore drove straight to Cereco in Crevillente.
The sight that greeted me will stay with me for life. Coco was in a cage, approx 10 ft by 6ft, with 5 other dogs of equal size. The dogs were covered in urine and faeces. The cage was one of many, all in the same state. Close by were CAT cages, each containing at least 4 smaller dogs.
I carried out the adoption process and after washing Coco down in a puddle outside, (I was told I couldn't use the hosepipe), I took him home to a new life. The story was passed on by word of mouth and a local newspaper covered the story at that time.
Coco settled in with my other dogs and for about 2 weeks all was well until he started having breathing problems. I took him to the vets, San Anton and he was diagnosed with distemper, I was told that incubation time from contact is 2 weeks!!!!!!
This poor, loving, faithful dog had contracted a fatal disease from a facility that was supposed to help him, of that I have NO DOUBT. There were many subsequent cases, at Cereco, during this period. It caused us a lot of pain and financial loss, but the main point of my story is, it cost this poor dog his life.
SO, Mr or Mrs name and address supplied, I suggest that you do not promote your opinions, based on a sunny days visit and then send letters to newspapers that may prevent people trying to change this terrible situation.
All aspects of my story are documented, and therefore FACTUAL.
They are not based on casual observation and I am quite happy to have my name and address published. I only hope that this letter will offset some of the damage that you have undoubtedly done. I stress that I have no connection with any agencies, but have 3 dogs, 2 cats and 2 parrots in my house, all rescues from cruelty cases, UK and Spain, which are now loved and very happy. I know what I am talking about, and am prepared to help these animals at my own expense........... are you?
Rob Reynolds
Coco the Cocker and his friend Nimba
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12 Aug 2008 12:22 AM
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I'm permanently in tears these days. I'm just so sad.
Please click on the link to sign the petition and send it on to all your friends.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/cereco ... st-animals
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12 Aug 2008 12:10 PM
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Hi Georgia
Thanks for the post. What is your dogs name so that I can picture her from coming into the clinic. It is usually the animals names we remember as we consider these to be our clients and not their owners.(lol) Thank you for any clients you have sent to us. We are currently doing a free health check on all animals (our new vet Marcello is very thorough)and spends a long time with clients. He is also trained in behavior problems also and his wife is always rescuing animals. They have a very big heart. I would dread to take her to Cereco I am sure she would die from the shock animals are her life. I would like to put the owners and people who work at this dog pound in the cages and let them experience the conditions these poor animals have to suffer it is absolutely heart breaking.
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24 Sep 2008 11:29 AM
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Please everyone go onto the site and sign the petition. We need 10,000 signatures.
Does anyone have friends in the TV industry or newpapers in England - I think this needs bringing to the mass public attention!
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24 Sep 2008 11:53 AM
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Just another quick note everyone. I have read through all the posts and there are some terrible stories. I have rescued puppies that have had distemper and have been involved with one´s with Parvo and it is absolutely nasty. I can say on a brighter note that distemper is not terminal in every case and out of the four 4 week old one´s that we had, two of them survived, one of which is now part of my little "rescued" pack.
Please keep supporting eachother, it makes a real difference when you read other people´s stories and realise how many animal lovers there are out there.
The people that run the Pet care place "Denday" are briliant in offering their service like that and I wish we had a similar set up here in Mazarron area.
I lost a dog two years ago and I contacted all the places I knew about that he could have possibly been taken to. However I didn´t know about Cereco and wrongly assumed that because he was chipped, any place he ended up in would contact me. I have had nightmares thinking about the fact that my beautiful Branston could have ended up in this hell hole.
I wish, as I suppose all us dog lovers do, that I could win the lottery and set up my own rescue centre. As it is, I and my friends foster and save as many as we can, from drain pipes, the side of the road, under tree´s, hanging in tree´s etc.. and I will do anything I can to help this process of getting the attitude changed here for the sake of the poor animals.
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