The complaint by Ademal for animal abuse in what it called a "horror farm" in Tinajo has concluded with the transfer of the animals to other facilities. This has been confirmed by La Voz through various sources, although the City Council has not wanted to comment or give any explanation about the case. In this regard, they have limited themselves to pointing out that the Local Police and the veterinarian visited the facilities and issued their reports, but have not confirmed whether any measures were adopted or whether any sanction or complaint will be processed for the condition in which the animals were found, among which there was a dead dog.
Regarding the rest of the dogs that were on the farm, the Local Police councilor denied to this media that they had been "seized" by the agents after that visit, but did not clarify whether they were still there or not. However, according to what La Voz has learned through the associations that have intervened in this case, the animals are finally out of that farm, since the owner would have "voluntarily" agreed to give up their custody.
On the other hand, what has reached the Courts is the other complaint made by Ademal, which assures that two volunteers were threatened by the owner and that he even assaulted one of them when they were recording the images with which they made this case public. That complaint was filed with the Civil Guard, who after taking statements from both parties already transferred it to the Arrecife Courts.
"Two of the dogs have been taken to the Sara shelter and the rest are in the Tinajo kennel. The man has kept two, but he has them loose, untied, in the enclosure. What they have told him is that he has to reform the enclosure to have animals, because the way he had them, the truth is that he didn't," said the president of Ademal, Raquel Córdoba.
And, from this association, they recall that on the farm they found a dead dog "hanged" and six other dogs "under tin roofs, chained, with wounds, in very bad condition." In addition, in the facilities there were also two donkeys that, according to Ademal, only had "pieces of dry bread and green water to subsist".
"He had put equines there, that is already part of a farm, and he does not have a livestock exploitation license," said Raquel Córdoba in this regard, who has stated that "the donkeys have stayed with the owner of another farm, who is the one who has it best in the entire Tinajo area."
"The animals have been given by the owner"
Regarding the two dogs that have been transferred to the Sara shelter, they have confirmed that they are two females, who are in good health but are "very scared". "Tied up on a farm, you can imagine, not socialized at all," said Obelesa Hernández, director of Sara.
As she explained, it was the Tinajo City Council who contacted Sara to ask for "collaboration", although "the animals have not been seized." "They have been given by the owner," said Hernández, who does not know that the owner has kept any. "As far as I know, they have all left," she added, specifying that they are waiting to have more space in the Sara facilities to accommodate the other dogs that left the farm.
The Police Councilor: "I am not going to give information"
Meanwhile, from the Tinajo City Council they have not even confirmed that the animals have already left the reported facilities. And it is that, on the one hand, the Councilor for Security and Emergencies and head of the Local Police, Yurena Cubas, has refused to provide information in this regard.
"I am not going to give that information," said the councilor, who nevertheless defended that "the Local Police intervened and made their report", and also the veterinarian. "But I am not going to go into it, because nothing is closed yet. It is in process and we will see what happens," she replied after being questioned about the content of these reports.
For his part, the mayor of Tinajo, Jesús Machín, has assured that he does not know the details and has referred to the Councilor for Protection, Luis Pérez. However, he has not wanted to make statements either, alleging that there are "cross-complaints". The Consistory refers in this way to the accusations of the owner of the farm, who also alleged before the Civil Guard that the Ademal volunteers had entered his property without permission, when they went to take photographs and make videos of the condition in which the animals were found.
Ademal has stated that they are aware that the veterinarian of a private clinic with which the City Council has an agreement visited the facilities one day after their complaint and has indicated that he also spoke with a City Council worker who "runs the kennel".
"He told me that I have to have a special sensitivity with the people of the towns," said the president of Ademal, who says that he asked her "not to make a lot of noise" if they see another case of abuse and to contact "first with the City Council".
"He believes that education comes first, talking to people, telling them that animals cannot be kept like that, before the complaint, he does not believe in the sanction", said Raquel Córdoba, who believes that what they want with this "is to cover up" this type of situation. In this regard, as the association pointed out when making its complaint public, she has insisted that the situation of this farm is not an isolated case and that there are many animals that suffer similar situations, so she defends that the administrations must act to put an end to these behaviors.