The animal association Ademal Lanzarote has made public the seizure of animals "mistreated and overcrowded" in a corral in La Graciosa, in an operation that it claims was carried out by agents of the Seprona and technicians of the City Council two weeks ago, where they found "more than a dozen animals."
From Ademal they report that they were "in an illegal deposit, with a lot of dirt and accumulated garbage, rusty irons and with cars for dismantling." In that place, hunting dogs, as well as farm animals, "lived badly", which they maintain had been in deplorable conditions for years and in view of tourists and neighbors.
The association points out that, "in an unprecedented operation on the eighth island", the Seprona seized "more than 10 dogs, many of them with severe muscle atrophy due to the immobility of many years of remaining chained and unable to move." "Animals with old and new untreated wounds, skin infections caused by parasites and extreme thinness due to poor and inadequate feeding," Ademal states, which affirms that the situation "is being certified by veterinarians."
Ademal Lanzarote emphasizes that it "alerted and reported to the Seprona months ago about this mistreatment", and they point out that they also warned the local mayor of La Graciosa, Alicia Páez. "Neither was a response received nor was there an official complaint from the City Council against the abusers," the association adds.
From the animal association they remember that "municipal ordinances prohibit keeping dogs tied or chained for more than 8 hours a day, being unattended or outside the home and in inappropriate places or without sanitary control." In addition, they point out that the Seprona "opened 6 files sent to the Teguise City Council, and two of them will be delivered to the Guard Court in Arrecife."
Finally, from Ademal they hope that "with the appropriate financial penalties, the neighbors who have committed crimes of abuse will be condemned with the harshness that is already imposed in these cases." "Most of the confiscated dogs are in foster homes, but others remain in the Teguise kennel. We urgently need foster families," the association adds.