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ACTIN, making changes for animals in Spain.

Animal care Treatment International Network has been set up to make changes for the animals in Spain, who suffer abandonment and cruelty. What we plan to do is to bring awareness of the problems to the world’s media. We need to promote education, new legislation and support neutering campaigns. It is necessary to get support Internationally to put pressure to bear on the Spanish government and to persuade them to take more responsibility for the lack of animal welfare in Spain. ACTIN plans in the future to bring about these changes through media awareness. Actin will tell the truth of how it is on an everyday basis, particularly in the country villages of Murcia, where there is a lot of ignorance and abuse. They will tell of what the volunteers deal with and how the abuse of animals is getting worse. ACTIN will endeavor to bring about campaigns for sterilization and education in schools. There is a need for a Society to protect the animals and this is what ACTIN aim to do in the future but we need much support to achieve our aims.


Please help us to liberate all dogs like Cilla
Saturday, June 28, 2014

 

     

 

Please help us to liberate all dogs like Cilla, the many thousands who are kept like this and many in far worse conditions

Cilla is freed now but we just cannot help them all without a major battle
As we are learning it becomes clearer what we have to do, which is great but we cannot do it without support and that sometimes seems tougher than the problem itself.

If you are reading this you know there is horrendous cruelty, abandonment, neglect, and abuse of the animals here in Spain. There are laws but they are abused because the authorities neither care, nor have an official body to abide by.  They simply cannot be bothered because animals rank low in priorities, the attitude and the cruelty perhaps extends from the fact that it’s ok and considered culture to torture bulls and let children see it as entertainment!!

We know the laws and we are using them to help but its very hard and we have to use proper legal channels to be heard.

What if we told you blow by blow the real truth of the enormity of this problem, as Actin and other frontline rescuers are truly experiencing it now?  What if we told you we are getting more sure that we know how to tackle the problems of the absence of an animal welfare act, or national protection of animals in Spain?  Would you turn away because it’s too much to bear and leave us alone with it, because hearing the horrible truth is harder than closing your ears and eyes?

BUT we cannot do it alone.  We know what needs to be done but the power and the strength needs to be in numbers, we will lead the way but we have to have you behind us…..

We have a plan; a project and we need to get as many behind us as we can, once launched, you will all be helping us in this. Please join our members page and get ready to do battle with us.

Social networking is swamped with pleas for help for animals, rescues, the internet is full of petitions and  pleas but still it goes on….we have to tackle the problem at source, please support Actin.

Source: ACTIN

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Plea for an Association who has legally registered shelter/kennels to work with ACTIN
Sunday, June 22, 2014

Message from Viv, President of ACTIN-SPAIN

We are putting out a plea for an Association who has legally registered shelter/kennels to work with us, to help us take dogs from situations where we are denouncing - we need a rescue who can accommodate and sponsor the dogs, so we can put our minds to the anti cruelty and abandonment project, which is building. (Cartagena area.)

If you can help, please email admin@actin-spain.com



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Superb news in recognition of ACTIN's work
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Please note I have removed the graphic photographs

 

From Viv, President of ACTIN-SPAIN..........

A million thanks to Fondo 337 Fund. This helps ACTIN to denounce cases of abuse and to continue trying to bring the problems to light, until justice is done for the animals!

Un millon de gracias al fondo 337 por esta ayuda a ACTIN con la que podremos seguir denunciando casos de maltrato e intentando que salga a la luz y se haga justicia!

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Important information just released, which Viv, President of ACTIN-SPAIN has translated into English here:-

The citizen's Initiative Fund 337 grant 2,550 EUR to the Association that denounced the cruelty of the pound in Mazarron, Murcia.

Outraged by the animal abuse cases and inactivity by some authorities in Spain, a group of citizens launched a collection of funds aiming to help these types of cases, to ensure they are punished. The 337 Fund was created in 2011, following the published images of a puppy tortured until his death; this set up in order to provide support to support those that report these cases of cruelty to animals.

In this case, the 2,550 euro fund will be given to the Actin Association, de Asociacion de Defensa Animal, for its complaint of animal abuse against the company Esprineco SL, gestora a privately owned kennel in Mazarron. With legal counsel DeAnimals Office, the complainant accuses this Kennel of causing suffering and death to various animals.

In the month of December 2013, more than 20 dogs from these facilities which had been adopted by the complainant Association died of Parvovirus and injuries and along with their research were given written statements of more than twenty witnesses, (several individuals and four protectoras in the area), all of them are witnesses complainants in criminal proceedings in the denunciation, and also several veterinarians reportedly revealed a bleak picture.

The complaints against Esprineco include that they kept dogs in its facilities in Mazarrón in very cruel conditions: insufficient food, dirt, excrement, parasites and an extreme lack of veterinary assistance against injury or serious ailments. 

ACTIN also denounces that terrified cats are introduced in the same cages with dogs, and all of this, while Esprineco receive public Treasury money to cater for these vulnerable animals, the Kennel has been responsible for continued animal abuse," killing of several dogs and cats. Currently Esprineco SL has subscribed contracts for collection and custody of animals abandoned in more than 10 municipalities of Murcia.

Thanks to this complaint, three members of Esprineco have already been charged and called to testify before the judge, for an alleged crime of animal abuse. The company has also been denounced by alleged misappropriation (for the Association animals Alhama), scam and fraud to finance and health.

The 337 Fund representatives expect that this financial support can be used by ACTIN to cover expenses related to the complaint and support efforts to obtain an exemplary sentence. The Fondo warning to councils, such as the one in Mazarrón; they cannot escape its responsibility to animal abuse cases, especially when it comes to the expressly contracted companies to serve the municipality of custody of animals, it’s a public service and inescapable of its obligation and that should be consistent.


Whilst numerous witnesses agree in their statements before the judge that this pound mistreats animals repeatedly, by kicking, and that many of the dogs and cats have injuries and fractures visible, still today, the Mazarrón City Hall and the de Alhama de Murcia have not sanctioned or ceased the contract with the company Esprineco, and the Ayuntamiento of Totana, has renewed the contract of collection of animals with the company even though it has been denounced for cruelty to animals.

Esprineco company sold their services to councils by saying in their contract, quote "we are different to other companies we do not sacrifice healthy animals".

To request the citizens who raised the money, the 337 Fund is administered jointly by animal rights Association releases!, Foundation Altarriba, Justice Animal, GEHVA and Zoological Society de Extremadura.

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Recompensa Fondo 337 - Torturador de perros
La iniciativa ciudadana Fondo 337 otorgará 2550 euros a la entidad que denunció la crueldad de una perrera en Murcia.

Indignados ante los casos de maltrato animal y la inactividad de algunas autoridades en España, un grupo de ciudadanos puso en marcha una colecta de fondos con el objetivo de ayudar a que este tipo de casos fueran sancionados. El Fondo 337 fue creado en 2011 a raíz de las imágenes publicadas de un cachorro torturado hasta su muerte, con el fin de ofrecer un apoyo para respaldar denuncias fundadas de estos casos de crueldad hacia animales.

En este caso, una recompensa de 2550 euros será otorgada a la asociación de defensa animal ACTIN Asociacion de defensa animal, por su denuncia de maltrato animal contra la empresa Esprineco SL, gestora de una perrera privada en Mazarrón. Con la asistencia letrada del despacho DeAnimals, la denunciante acusa a esta perrera de provocar el sufrimiento y la muerte de varios animales.

El pasado mes de diciembre, más de 20 perros procedentes de estas instalaciones que habían sido adoptados por la asociación denunciante fallecieron por parvovirosis y lesiones. A partir de ahí, la investigación de la asociación, y las declaraciones escritas de más de veinte testigos (varios particulares y cuatro protectoras de la zona) siendo todos ellos testigos denunciantes en el procedimiento penal de la denuncia, y los informes de varios veterinarios, revelaban un panorama desolador.

Según la denunciante, Esprineco mantiene a los perros en sus instalaciones de Mazarrón en condiciones muy crueles: alimentación insuficiente, suciedad extrema, parásitos y falta de asistencia veterinaria frente a lesiones o dolencias graves. ACTIN denuncia además que gatos aterrorizados son introducidos en las mismas jaulas con perros, y que “a pesar de que Esprineco recibe dinero del erario público para atender a estos animales vulnerables, la perrera ha sido responsable de un maltrato animal continuado, causando la muerte de varios perros y gatos”. Actualmente Esprineco SL tiene suscritos contratos de recogida y custodia de animales abandonados con 10 ayuntamientos de Murcia.

Gracias a esta denuncia, tres personas pertenecientes a Esprineco han sido ya imputadas y llamadas a declarar ante el Juez, por un presunto delito de maltrato animal. La empresa ha sido denunciada además por presunta apropiación indebida (por la asociación Peludines Alhama), estafa y fraude a Hacienda y Sanidad.

Representantes del Fondo 337 esperan que este apoyo económico pueda ser empleado por ACTIN para cubrir los gastos relacionados con la denuncia y respaldar esfuerzos dirigidos a obtener una condena ejemplar. El Fondo alerta que los ayuntamientos, como el de Mazarrón, no pueden eludir su responsabilidad ante casos de maltrato animal, máxime cuando se trata de empresas expresamente contratadas para prestar el servicio municipal de custodia de animales, un servicio público y competencia ineludible del consistorio.

A pesar de que numerosos testigos coinciden en sus declaraciones ante el juez en que la perrera maltrata a los animales propinándoles patadas, y que un gran número de perros y gatos tienen lesiones y fracturas visibles, a día de hoy, el Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón y el de Alhama de Murcia NO han sancionado ni cesado el contrato con la empresa Esprineco, y el Ayuntamiento de Totana, ha renovado el contrato de recogida de animales con la empresa denunciada por crueldad hacia los animales.

La empresa Esprineco se vende a los Ayuntamientos en su contrato diciendo textualmente "Somos diferentes a otras empresas NO SACRIFICAMOS ANIMALES SANOS".

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A petición de los ciudadanos que recaudaron el dinero, el Fondo 337 es administrado conjuntamente por Asociación Animalista Libera!, Fundación Altarriba, Justicia Animal, GEHVA y Sociedad Zoológica de Extremadura.

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ACTIN's Website is http://www.actin-spain.com/

HELP US: Join as a member  (most important).. http://www.actin-spain.com/members-area/

JOIN US on Facebook.....

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ACTIN's ADDRESS for donations to help us, every euro helps us.  PAYPAL admin@actin-spain.com

Any further information contact admin@actin-spain.com

 

 

 



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George needs a loving home
Saturday, June 14, 2014

George, one of our special ones...cant believe he is still here and hasnt found his home yet. 

He is the sweetest dog - one of the sweetest ever and came through so much illness, now he is well and strong, happy and delightful.

Please help us to find him a home. Email adoptions@adoptaspanishdog.com

Cartegena area.

 

 



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Superb news in recognition of ACTIN's work
Friday, June 13, 2014

Please note I have removed the graphic photographs

 

From Viv, President of ACTIN-SPAIN..........

A million thanks to Fondo 337 Fund. This helps ACTIN to denounce cases of abuse and to continue trying to bring the problems to light, until justice is done for the animals!

Un millon de gracias al fondo 337 por esta ayuda a ACTIN con la que podremos seguir denunciando casos de maltrato e intentando que salga a la luz y se haga justicia!

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Important information just released, which Viv, President of ACTIN-SPAIN has translated into English here:-

The citizen's Initiative Fund 337 grant 2,550 EUR to the Association that denounced the cruelty of the pound in Mazarron, Murcia.

Outraged by the animal abuse cases and inactivity by some authorities in Spain, a group of citizens launched a collection of funds aiming to help these types of cases, to ensure they are punished. The 337 Fund was created in 2011, following the published images of a puppy tortured until his death; this set up in order to provide support to support those that report these cases of cruelty to animals.

In this case, the 2,550 euro fund will be given to the Actin Association, de Asociacion de Defensa Animal, for its complaint of animal abuse against the company Esprineco SL, gestora a privately owned kennel in Mazarron. With legal counsel DeAnimals Office, the complainant accuses this Kennel of causing suffering and death to various animals.

In the month of December 2013, more than 20 dogs from these facilities which had been adopted by the complainant Association died of Parvovirus and injuries and along with their research were given written statements of more than twenty witnesses, (several individuals and four protectoras in the area), all of them are witnesses complainants in criminal proceedings in the denunciation, and also several veterinarians reportedly revealed a bleak picture.

The complaints against Esprineco include that they kept dogs in its facilities in Mazarrón in very cruel conditions: insufficient food, dirt, excrement, parasites and an extreme lack of veterinary assistance against injury or serious ailments. 

ACTIN also denounces that terrified cats are introduced in the same cages with dogs, and all of this, while Esprineco receive public Treasury money to cater for these vulnerable animals, the Kennel has been responsible for continued animal abuse," killing of several dogs and cats. Currently Esprineco SL has subscribed contracts for collection and custody of animals abandoned in more than 10 municipalities of Murcia.

Thanks to this complaint, three members of Esprineco have already been charged and called to testify before the judge, for an alleged crime of animal abuse. The company has also been denounced by alleged misappropriation (for the Association animals Alhama), scam and fraud to finance and health.

The 337 Fund representatives expect that this financial support can be used by ACTIN to cover expenses related to the complaint and support efforts to obtain an exemplary sentence. The Fondo warning to councils, such as the one in Mazarrón; they cannot escape its responsibility to animal abuse cases, especially when it comes to the expressly contracted companies to serve the municipality of custody of animals, it’s a public service and inescapable of its obligation and that should be consistent.


Whilst numerous witnesses agree in their statements before the judge that this pound mistreats animals repeatedly, by kicking, and that many of the dogs and cats have injuries and fractures visible, still today, the Mazarrón City Hall and the de Alhama de Murcia have not sanctioned or ceased the contract with the company Esprineco, and the Ayuntamiento of Totana, has renewed the contract of collection of animals with the company even though it has been denounced for cruelty to animals.

Esprineco company sold their services to councils by saying in their contract, quote "we are different to other companies we do not sacrifice healthy animals".

To request the citizens who raised the money, the 337 Fund is administered jointly by animal rights Association releases!, Foundation Altarriba, Justice Animal, GEHVA and Zoological Society de Extremadura.

---

Recompensa Fondo 337 - Torturador de perros
La iniciativa ciudadana Fondo 337 otorgará 2550 euros a la entidad que denunció la crueldad de una perrera en Murcia.

Indignados ante los casos de maltrato animal y la inactividad de algunas autoridades en España, un grupo de ciudadanos puso en marcha una colecta de fondos con el objetivo de ayudar a que este tipo de casos fueran sancionados. El Fondo 337 fue creado en 2011 a raíz de las imágenes publicadas de un cachorro torturado hasta su muerte, con el fin de ofrecer un apoyo para respaldar denuncias fundadas de estos casos de crueldad hacia animales.

En este caso, una recompensa de 2550 euros será otorgada a la asociación de defensa animal ACTIN Asociacion de defensa animal, por su denuncia de maltrato animal contra la empresa Esprineco SL, gestora de una perrera privada en Mazarrón. Con la asistencia letrada del despacho DeAnimals, la denunciante acusa a esta perrera de provocar el sufrimiento y la muerte de varios animales.

El pasado mes de diciembre, más de 20 perros procedentes de estas instalaciones que habían sido adoptados por la asociación denunciante fallecieron por parvovirosis y lesiones. A partir de ahí, la investigación de la asociación, y las declaraciones escritas de más de veinte testigos (varios particulares y cuatro protectoras de la zona) siendo todos ellos testigos denunciantes en el procedimiento penal de la denuncia, y los informes de varios veterinarios, revelaban un panorama desolador.

Según la denunciante, Esprineco mantiene a los perros en sus instalaciones de Mazarrón en condiciones muy crueles: alimentación insuficiente, suciedad extrema, parásitos y falta de asistencia veterinaria frente a lesiones o dolencias graves. ACTIN denuncia además que gatos aterrorizados son introducidos en las mismas jaulas con perros, y que “a pesar de que Esprineco recibe dinero del erario público para atender a estos animales vulnerables, la perrera ha sido responsable de un maltrato animal continuado, causando la muerte de varios perros y gatos”. Actualmente Esprineco SL tiene suscritos contratos de recogida y custodia de animales abandonados con 10 ayuntamientos de Murcia.

Gracias a esta denuncia, tres personas pertenecientes a Esprineco han sido ya imputadas y llamadas a declarar ante el Juez, por un presunto delito de maltrato animal. La empresa ha sido denunciada además por presunta apropiación indebida (por la asociación Peludines Alhama), estafa y fraude a Hacienda y Sanidad.

Representantes del Fondo 337 esperan que este apoyo económico pueda ser empleado por ACTIN para cubrir los gastos relacionados con la denuncia y respaldar esfuerzos dirigidos a obtener una condena ejemplar. El Fondo alerta que los ayuntamientos, como el de Mazarrón, no pueden eludir su responsabilidad ante casos de maltrato animal, máxime cuando se trata de empresas expresamente contratadas para prestar el servicio municipal de custodia de animales, un servicio público y competencia ineludible del consistorio.

A pesar de que numerosos testigos coinciden en sus declaraciones ante el juez en que la perrera maltrata a los animales propinándoles patadas, y que un gran número de perros y gatos tienen lesiones y fracturas visibles, a día de hoy, el Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón y el de Alhama de Murcia NO han sancionado ni cesado el contrato con la empresa Esprineco, y el Ayuntamiento de Totana, ha renovado el contrato de recogida de animales con la empresa denunciada por crueldad hacia los animales.

La empresa Esprineco se vende a los Ayuntamientos en su contrato diciendo textualmente "Somos diferentes a otras empresas NO SACRIFICAMOS ANIMALES SANOS".

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A petición de los ciudadanos que recaudaron el dinero, el Fondo 337 es administrado conjuntamente por Asociación Animalista Libera!, Fundación Altarriba, Justicia Animal, GEHVA y Sociedad Zoológica de Extremadura.

 

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ACTIN's Website is http://www.actin-spain.com/

HELP US: Join as a member  (most important).. http://www.actin-spain.com/members-area/

Join us on Facebook.....

 https://www.facebook.com/vivactinspain?ref=ts&fref=ts

https://www.facebook.com/groups/AWSMassist/?ref=ts&fref=ts

https://www.facebook.com/adoptaspanishrescuedog?ref=ts&fref=ts

ACTIN's ADDRESS for donations to help us, every euro helps us.  PAYPAL admin@actin-spain.com

Any further information contact admin@actin-spain.com

 



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Blind puppy Teddy is on his way today to Scotland to his new family
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Catch up on 4 month old Teddy's journey to where he is today.

http://www.eyeonspain.com/blogs/makingchangesforanimalsinspain/12723/News-news-and-unavoidable-rescues.aspx

http://www.eyeonspain.com/blogs/makingchangesforanimalsinspain/12796/Please-help-Teddy-our-blind-Mastin-rescue-puppy.aspx

http://www.eyeonspain.com/blogs/makingchangesforanimalsinspain/12824/Teddy-has-had-his-eyes-removed.aspx

http://www.eyeonspain.com/blogs/makingchangesforanimalsinspain/12852/Great-news-about-Teddy-the-blind-puppy.aspx

http://www.eyeonspain.com/blogs/makingchangesforanimalsinspain/13007/More-about-Teddy-the-blind-puppy.aspx

 

Teddy is on his way to Scotland today to his new family.

Here are some of Teddy's photos taken since the previous post.

Below: Teddy loved finding his way into the puppies cage.

Below: Teddy's so gentle with the tiny ones even though he's the size he is AND blind!

 



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Please support this in Camposol, proceeds to ACTIN
Sunday, June 8, 2014

 



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