Save the animals of Sant Joan Despi (Barcelona)

You know Spain as the land of culture and history, of sun and beaches, a
marvelous place to visit. What you also must know is the extreme animal cruelty at the hand of much of the Spanish population.

Puppies bought as Christmas presents are abandoned when summer vacation arrives, resulting in numerous strays which are exposed to the elements, starvation, torture or killed on the roads. Those taken to municipal shelters are destroyed as well as they do not appeal to much of the public because they are no longer small and cute.

Private organizations and individuals rescue a small number of animals and, because of the reasons just mentioned, ship them to France, Germany or Holland with the hope that they will be adopted there.

Thousands of abandoned cats roam the streets and reproduce. Private rescuers try save as many cats as possible and have established controlled cat colonies. Using their own or donated funds, the cats are given veterinary care, are neutered and placed in a controlled colony where they continue to receive care and a proper diet.

But the majority of the Spanish people , including city councils, believe cats are vermin and have to be exterminated. The cats are poisoned, slaughtered, tortured. Children especially are very cruel to cats. And it is not only the cats that are threatened. Their rescuers also face personal danger from the public as well as destruction of the rescued cats in the controlled colonies. In Madrid, to encourage large colonies cats to disperse from residential areas, individuals feeding them are fined by the city councils.

The city council of Sant Joan Despi (Barcelona) is considering a new law to exterminate all abandoned animals that survive in the streets. We, their caretakers are trying to avoid this new law. Please help us to send an email to the city council and ask them to save these animals, not kill them.

PLEASE HELP and send this protest letter along with our petition to the following address and tell the city council of Sant Joan Despí (Barcelona) that, " The city council of Sant Joan Despi (Barcelona) is considering a new law to exterminate all abandoned animals that survive in the streets and we would like to prevent this from happening again. Please take the time and show the world the compassionate side of the people of Sant Joan Despi (Barcelona) by finding a safe place for these cats and dogs that have been cruelly abandoned, and have had no choice in the event of their lives. My family, myself , my friends and all animal lovers of the world would not like to visit couturiers that treat animals inhumanely."

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