Kiko and Tom are the pointers now saved from certain death. More on their story
It seems the owner; a man, who I would like to name but am waiting on advice from Actin’s lawyers, bought these dogs a few years and would have paid good money for them, the male is a pure Perdiguero de Burgos,!! We don’t know what their care was like but until June 2012, he was a responsible owner as far as vaccinations, micro chip for the boy and veterinary care are concerned. Maybe then he tired of them, so he banished them into horrible conditions and only fed them with stale bread and some water when he remembered. A young relative had asked him about the dogs and begged to see them. When she saw them she was shocked and distressed and did not know what to do. She knew her relative didn’t care for the dogs and he would not listen to reason. He had left them to die.
The young relative continued to try to reason with him but to no avail. She managed to get photos of them and sent them to a member of our team and asked for help and advice. Actin said they would do whatever they could to help and that the owner must be denounced. However, Actin is not a rescue and therefore it was necessary to find somewhere for them and get support, or sponsorship from a rescue. Time has not allowed for this, as the dogs were in a very poor condition and so it was necessary to get them to safety before they got any worse.
The girl persuaded her relative to give them up and he agreed under pressure. We found somewhere for them but this has put great pressure on ACTIN, as we already rescued 4 dogs from a similar situation just one week ago.
Yesterday the girl said she would get the dogs out and bring them to us. We waited and when they arrived the owner was with them. This was a very difficult situation for legal reasons, which cannot be disclosed.
The dogs were in terrible condition and it was heart-breaking to see. The female Kiko, has clearly had puppies but the owner lied and said she had never been pregnant. We fear for what has become of these puppies. But maybe there lies the answer; younger better dogs!!
We hear today that the owner had a very bad day yesterday…oh dear!!! -( I guess he didn’t expect that we were an animal welfare Association) and he told the young woman that it would have been easier to have shot the dogs! We know what we must do but we need support, because this attitude must not and cannot continue
The dogs are safe in residency now. They need care, which they are receiving and when they arrived they were very bad with ticks, fleas, parasites and were extremely thirsty and hungry. They drank literally buckets of water and were so sad and scared. Today they are looking better and they are happier.
Thank you to all those that have donated so far and especially to The Harmony fund for their help and support to ACTIN Association and to this rescue and the Rudy rescue.
If you wish to help get these dogs well, healthy and to a point where they may be adopted please help us? We are doing this for these dogs but with a long term view that in the future, our actions will send a message out that this is not tolerated and the way we handle these situations, will make the authorities agree there is a problem and help ACTIN and our lawyers to reform the laws against crimes like these.
Kiko is obviously female, Tom (obviously) is male.
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Vivienne Worton admin@actin-spain.com
