The Civil Guard, which found herds of sheep and goats in disastrous hygienic-sanitary and malnourished conditions, has opened proceedings against two farmers for crimes against the protection of flora and fauna
The Civil Guard of the Region of Murcia, within the framework of the ‘Ovis’ operation, carried out an investigation in a livestock farm in Alhama de Murcia in which a high number of heads of sheep and goats were detected in poor hygienic conditions. health and malnutrition. After the operation, carried out in collaboration with the Veterinary Inspection Service of the Ministry of Water, Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and the Environment of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia (CARM), the Civil Guard investigated the two responsible for the exploitation rancher, who have been prosecuted as alleged perpetrators of crimes related to the protection of flora, fauna and domestic animals.
The operation began last February, when, thanks to citizen collaboration, the Civil Guard was alerted to the alleged poor condition of the sheep and goats in a livestock farm in Alhama de Murcia. Members of the Nature Protection Service (SEPRONA) of the Civil Guard coordinated with the CARM Veterinary Inspection Service to carry out the corresponding inspection of the livestock farm and check, among other aspects, the conditions in which the animal was found. farm cattle.
In the livestock farm, it was found that the animals that were housed in the facilities were in a cachectic state, with symptoms of malnutrition and severe lameness. Dead animals and remains of corpses in an advanced state of decomposition scattered throughout various rooms were also found inside the livestock building. The civil guards and inspectors verified that the animals did not have enough fodder or food and that they fed on citrus fruits that were mixed with excrement.
The inspectors of the Veterinary Inspection Service of the CARM determined that the livestock farm did not meet the minimum conditions from the hygienic and sanitary point of view and that animal welfare was being violated. The Nature Protection Service of the Civil Guard has investigated two people, who have been instructed as alleged perpetrators of a crime related to the protection of flora, fauna and domestic animals. Those investigated and the proceedings instructed were made available to the Investigating Court of Totana (Murcia).
Citizen awareness
With the main objective of raising awareness among citizens so that they promote the necessary measures in the protection, management and welfare of domestic animals, as well as to report those behaviors contrary to animal welfare of which they are aware, the Civil Guard began in July of 2017, the ‘#YoSiPodContarlo#’ campaign
The Civil Guard has been detecting an increase in citizen awareness, not only through formal complaints, but also among users of social networks, as evidenced by the fact that one of the topics that generates the most interaction among our Twitter followers and Facebook, be the request for citizen collaboration to clarify crimes of mistreatment of animals. The second objective of this campaign is to make the population aware that having an animal is a great responsibility and that animal abuse is penalized in the current Penal Code.
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