The dog found with worms and serious infections dies and Huella a Huella asks for "justice"

The dog Athenea had to be sacrificed this Tuesday. This podenco, which was abandoned but had a chip, was found seriously ill at the end of February. The Huella a Huella protectorate took care of her and released a shocking video, in which the animal was seen trembling, struggling to stand and with serious infections, to the point that her ears were "full of bugs and worms." She also had tumors. Now, the protectorate demands "justice" and assures that it will fight "with all its strength" so that "the law is fulfilled."

Huella a Huella had already presented a report to the Local Police when she was found and is now studying the "most effective" way to process the complaint quickly. They also fear that the owner of this podenca has more dogs for hunting and they are concerned about the condition in which they may be.

From the protectorate they explain that for days the changes in the dog's health were "minimal." According to them, the veterinarian told them that Athenea could have a "general infection." "She was crying, her condition was so weak...", they say dismayed from Huella a Huella.

"We can't stop crying, we feel in our soul your unfair departure and we curse whoever did this to you," the protectorate laments in a publication that it has disseminated through social networks, in which it assures that all its members feel "devastated" by Athenea's death. "The pain helps to have more desire for justice to be done," the spokesperson for this protectorate, Nuria Cárdenas, told La Voz, who hopes that the death "will not be in vain."

"Now abuse is already a cause of death"

When Athenea was found, Huella a Huella already stated that it was a case of "abandonment and abuse", since the dog had a chip, and therefore an owner, and had been found wandering in that state. The protectorate then advanced its intention to report the facts. As Cárdenas explained, they presented a report to the Local Police of Yaiza, which "will obviously change" after the animal's death. "There is significant abuse, but now, in addition, it is already a cause of death," she points out. In addition to that report, the protectorate will contact Seprona. Its objective is to "see all possible avenues" to report Athenea's case and "speed up" the process so that "it does not come to nothing."

According to the spokesperson for Huella a Huella, the City Council has initiated the procedures to find its owner, although she regrets that "things in the palace go slower than the saying says." The protectorate, she adds, urged the Council to find out "if he has more dogs and in what conditions they were." In this sense, Cárdenas indicates that, although "everything depends on the circumstances", they fear that this is the case because most hunters usually have several animals. "We have to see everything there is. If with her death we manage to save others, we have to try," she emphasizes.

From Huella a Huella they are not very hopeful, as they believe that the laws "are not as harsh as they should be." Thus, although she believes that the punishment for what happened to Athenea may be "a joke", Cárdenas asks that "at least what the law stipulates be applied." "One way or another, we want it to get where it has to get," she said.