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Despite everything, we carry on!
Clarifying note from the Centro Canino Internacional with regard to the lifting of the cautionary measures.
Following various articles that have appeared in the media about the current state of affairs of the Centro Canino Internacional, we would like to point out the following:
1 Our centre cannot be closed at any time as we have a licence to hold 10 females, one male and all the puppies that are in the centre.
2 Nothing has been said at the moment about the cats, donkey and the other animals that are in our centre so they won’t be moved from where they are.
3 At any time the Town Hall may only take animals from the centre which, to their understanding, exceed the number that are permitted and this must be agreed with us.
4 Any dogs that might be taken from the centre become the responsibility of the Town Hall and will have to be housed in Son Reus or in other locations that are deemed suitable.
5 Under no circumstances will this association allow dogs to be taken to Son Reus as we consider the centre already full. This will be to their detriment and they could lose the ‘limited’ quality of life that they have.
6 Under no circumstances can dogs from Centro Canino Internacional be killed or given up for adoption without the consent of the association. There is no time limit for this either.
7 And most important of all is the fact that a judge (Dna Carmen Frigola Castillon) in her final summing up, has stated that the rights of animals whose lives are at stake due to relocation, must be respected. They deserve total respect from an advanced and modern society that cannot tolerate the sacrifice of animals that live in it.
As you can see, this is a good example of our society changing. It is becoming a place that we as animal lovers have desperately fought for for a long time. Surely the future of animal centres will be easier.
As always, thanks to all and let’s carry on!
CCI
Wonderful news, so happy that the judge recognised that animals desereve respect!
We wish you every continued success with the excellent work you do.
Sue & Ben (Your friends in the UK)
— Sue feb 29, 18:02 #
I’m glad to hear that, and I applaud your verve and dedication.
— Antonio mar 5, 19:36 #
As long as Palma Council stick to their word, this is all great news. If they try to betray the animals though – then we need to shame them in every way we can & make Palma a city to avoid for British, German & Dutch animal-loving tourists.
— Piper mar 16, 15:33 #
www.europeansforanimalsinmallorca.blogspot.com
FIRST – Please accept my apologies for my less than perfect English. It is not my first language and so I apologise for any grammatical, puncuation and spelling errors.
PLEASE VISIT our website and blog. We are property owners in wonderful Mallorca in Spain. We live part-time over in Mallorca, and the rest of the time in our homes across Europe.
Our members are British, German and Dutch, although obviously we invite anyone of any nationality to join us in what we believe to be a rigteous and just cause.
The Centro Canino is a magnificent animal rescue shelter here in Mallorca, Spain. They do a fantastic dog rescueing and rehoming sick, abandoned, unwanted and injured dogs, cats and other animals.
Recently the Centro Canino has been a lot in the news. The Council (Palma) desire to close it down; they have their reasons, mostly spurious and bureaucratic.
What bothers us is that it seems that some neighbors who live in the area of the Centro Canino are putting unfair undemocratic pressure on Palma council, forcing them to behave like the bullies.
THIS IS WRONG, and it is our aim to try hard to put this right.
Our decision came about after an informal meeting of German, British and Dutch Mallorca residents at the Santa Ponca County Club in South West Mallorca. We are friends, who have met in Mallorca, who meet a few times a week when we are on the Island, to chat, have social discourse and discuss this that and the other.
Naturally the topic of the Centro Canino often arises itself in our conversations.
What we can agree on, us Europeans, is that animal rescue shelters can only be a good thing.
After studying the whole situation, we have decided how best we can help the Centro Canino for now.
It seems that this is a predicament that mostly calls on the philosophy of ‘FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE.’
The neighbours of the Centro Canino seem to want to fight to have it closed, so we think the finest idea in the land is to FIGHT BACK.
LEGALLY.
Between us we have raised a few thousand euros and this is how we intend to spend it…
We shall appoint a lawyer (solicitor/abogado) to investigate the conduct of the neighbours of the Centro Canino. We wish to know the legality of ALL of their households, their fiscal positions – Everything. Know your enemy that shall be our creed.
If the neighbours who are against the Centro Canino (we have NO FIGHT with the majority of the neighbours and good upstanding people of es.pilari) have anything at all to hide, we hope to find it. If our abogados need to hire private detectives to dig in the dirt, then we will pay for it.
We feel very very sincerely my friends, that Spain & Mallorca in particular must acknoledge itself to be part of modern Western Europe.
Modern Europe does not close down animal shelters – it takes better care of animals, it is progressive.
If the neighbours think they can hold back progress, well then maybe unfortunately they can; buit believe me, we will give them battle – with total legal recourse.
If they are trying to close the Centro Canino internacional using the ruses of the law; then we shall do the same to them.
If their properties are illegal, if their tax affairs are not in perfect order, we aim to ensure that our Solicitor/Abogado (with the help where necessary of the Private Detective firm) will discover the facts and reveal them.
We are German, we are British, we are Dutch, we are Spainish – We are Europeans. We all own homes in Mallorca, and we will fight in the name of humanity for the dogs of the Centro Canino.
Today, we have raised a fund of a few thousand euros, later today, I begin to look for an abogado who will handle our affairs for us.
Unfortunately, we only know of abogados so far, who deal in property purchases and sales; so I will email them later (we all buy properties through these abogados) to ask them to suggest solicitors who deal in the sort of investigations we need to have made of.
THANK-YOU for your time, I will post later or tomorrow, to update you on how we are getting on.
As previously posted, we are not members of the Centro Canino, we are independent animal lovers and democracy lovers, who own properties in Mallorca, pay tax in Mallorca, and support the Centro Canino in Mallorca.
— Hans Schmidt mar 17, 14:29 #