The Association for Defense against Animal Abuse Lanzarote (ADEMAL) has denounced the situation that is being experienced on a farm in the municipality of Tinajo, where they found a dead dog - which could have suffocated with the chains - and others "who run the same risk of death".
"We have to stop this type of horror farms from being seen as normal and that the oppressive chains by which so many dogs have died are prohibited by law", claims the association, created a few months ago on the island.
In addition, it maintains that two of its volunteers were "attacked" by the owner of the farm when they were recording the situation in which the animals were. In this regard, they state that they have already filed the complaint with the Civil Guard. "We remind this owner that neither the warnings, blows and threats that we have received will serve to stop us," adds Ademal, who affirms that an hour after the events, two people close to the owner of the farm returned to address them "to continue threatening to break heads".
Regarding what they found on the farm, located in the Las Calderetas area, they explain that it is "a reflection of the reality suffered by many hunting and field dogs" on the island. "Dogs hanged due to the fault and negligence of some owners who, by setting up illegal farms, with materials that embarrass the least versed, are part of the landscape of Lanzarote," they point out.
"Formwork irons, pallets, concrete blocks, boards and rusted roofs are used for the constructions where animals are sheltered in miserable conditions," adds the association. Regarding the dog they found lifeless and surrounded by flies, they point out that the owners "had not even realized" that he had died "nor did they show an iota of feelings when they saw him".
In addition, they denounce that there are still six other dogs in the facilities, as well as two donkeys, that "only have pieces of dry bread and green water to survive." Therefore, they demand that the administrations intervene and question the passivity of the Tinajo City Council. "Once the complaint has been filed, it is not understood that the place has not been sealed and the rest of the animals that run the same risk of death have been taken out by keeping the site without surveillance and with the low conditions in the construction, to lead these animals to a dignified life," they warn.
