Help is needed in the wake of the slaughter of 6,000 dogs

by times news cr

2024-07-06 07:49:23

He Citizen Observatory for Animal Protection (OCPA) revealed that more than 6 thousand dogs have been sacrificed between May 2023 and April 2024 in Tlaxcala, because the authorities believe that the euthanasia In animals it is the solution for avoid health risks in humans or the spread of rabies.

Jorge Ignacio Martínez Castro, director of the organization, It showed that problems related to homeless animals persist, specifically those related to alleged capture campaigns and omissions by agencies and city councils.

He director of the OCPA He recalled that during the first days of June the alleged beginning of a health alert in the entity was reported, which was spread after a demonstration by animal rights groups in the vicinity of the Anti-Rabies Veterinary Center of Tlaxcala and which translates into the mass capture of dogs y gatos in the entity.

Furthermore, this demonstration would have occurred following an alleged attack by dogs on a group of people in the Tlaxcala capitalat which time a mass capture of canine animals took place.

Nonetheless, Martinez Castro He pointed out that health authorities in Tlaxcala could not issue an alert according to the Article 23 of the Federal Animal Health Law, which establishes that this event must be activated by the Ministries of Health or Environment and Natural Resources at the federal level.

2024-07-06 07:49:23

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