No 627
Monday 18th July - Sunday 24th July, 2016
Tel: 637 227 385
RE EDUCATION FOR ANIMAL ABUSERS
he Court of Alicante has launched a pioneering programme in Spain for the re-education of offenders who have been convicted of mistreating animals, which aims to stop such individuals from re offending.
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This was announced last week by the President of the Court of Alicante, Vicente Magro, who explained that the initiative, a nine month training course, is already in place for cases of gender violence or traffic offenders. In recent weeks they have seen images of the Guardia Civil rescuing a dog from
inside a sun baked car in the streets of Torrevieja, a dog thrown from a terrace in Valencia, many animals rescued after spending hours outdoors and without water, images of a youth mistreating his dog on social media and of course last week’s events in an Orihuela Court where a man from Callosa del Segura was given a 9 month suspended sentence for mistreating 21 horses, many of which are now in the care of the Easy Horse care Centre in Rojales. Magro said that such cases are becoming more frequent and his initiative aims to reduce them. The judgement against the Callosa man was made last month but only published by the courts last Thursday. Continued on Page 2