There has been little time for Christmas festivities as Actin have been very busy. Unfortunately when animals need help, daily life and festivities are not allowed for, as animals in Spain need help 24/7 – now and in the future.
We have had a busy week and even Christmas Eve, five puppies who we saved from being freezing cold and wet in the local pound, had to go to the vet in an emergency and were all diagnosed with Parvo.
Today three have recovered, one has died and another two, are still in the hospital. We have lost four small puppies so far to Parvo and one older Lhasa Apso pup and one 4 year old cross west Highland terrier. The latter may have survived, had the pound vet been responsible and examined them and not put their weakened immune systems under pressure, by vaccinating them against rabies. The poor dogs may have had a chance otherwise.
For legal reasons we still cannot mention the name of the pound but we are currently investigating it and have requested a formal investigation via Seprona. The legal wheels are in motion to prosecute a pound that has no heart to leave a sick animal in the conditions you can see below, not only too sick to be left but soaking wet from the hosing down from the worker cleaning the pound, which is what they do regardless of small puppies and sick animals being there. There are many more neglectful and terrible things which ACTIN .. at the moment .. cannot publish.
One of the difficulties for us now, are the vet bills for the animals we have taken so far. We are due to rescue nine more in the coming week.
Our vet bill to date is below, we went to the vet the first time on the 19th December with the animals, straight from adopting the animals in the pound, at a cost to the association of 560 Euros to the pound’s pocket. One dog was so ill that it had to be put to sleep immediately, one had an emergency operation, and since then we have been almost daily with one of the animals or more. Hospitalisation, emergency surgery and it just goes on.
So far we have had an amazing response from supporters via Facebook and we hope we can continue to rely on that support to meet the costs. We are also very grateful for the support we are receiving from our own vet.
Soon we must prepare for the legal fees that will be incurred and we are sure it will be worth it, the costs may be high but if they can help towards the changes we want to make, then we know it is money well spent. We are determined to be successful in our quest for justice for the animals we know about and the ones we dont.
This is a major step, as we know many pounds are like this one. We must be successful and when we are, we will use it as a stepping stone for change for other similar places. Not being successful is not an option but boy do we need your help and support more than ever.
The dog struggling in the video needed to be put down by the ACTIN vet.
WARNING..GRAPHIC http://youtu.be/Z-h63lAg8-A
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ACTIN'S current vets account is below. It is increasing daily.
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