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'I Saw a Dog Today Who Did Not Want to Die'

Thank-you all so much for your kind comments and offers of support over the past few difficult days.

Regarding the dogs in our care that are still up for adoption – If you are interested in adopting a dog, you are very welcome to visit the Centro Canino between 10am-2pm Monday-Saturday, or give Marlis a call to arrange a time. Tel (+34) 971 261 149 – 699 835 995

The dogs who’re currently still at the Centro Canino and the five dogs that were seized by Palma Council are not in any danger of being destroyed. We are monitoring the situation very conscientiously & you have our absolute guarantee that no harm will come to any dogs under the Canino’s care, whether they’re still at the Centro or being held at Son Reus.

The ‘Son Reus five’ (as people have began to call them) are being rescued and re-homed and taken away from that horrible place.

The whole problem however is exasperated by our understanding is that Son Reus is currently full (so why closing down another dog shelter seems a good idea to Palma Council is beyond me).

There are a lot of wonderful friendly lovely dogs at Son Reus who urgently need homes before they get the lethal injection, So, & this is only my personal opinion, I think maybe it’d be better, for the time being, if you want to adopt a dog, you should go to the Son Reus municipal dogpound & try & find a dog there. Their healthy dogs face extermination. Our dogs are guaranteed safety.

Someone sent me a very sad poem recently, a young girl, after visiting Son Reus, the first lines were…
I saw a dog today
Who did not want to die

It’s tragic, but Palma Council runs Son Reus & Son Reus destroys dogs that are not adopted within a couple of weeks. If that’s their policy we cannot change it overnight. We disagree with it, but we cannot change it.

Why they try so hard to stop the Centro Canino offering a more compassionate caring shelter for dogs is a mystery. A question we’ve put to them & would like you to as well.

Healthy Centro Canino dogs will never be euthanised. The 32 dogs from the Centro Canino that have been in all the newspapers, will be fine.
Maybe a bit traumatised by all this fuss, but fine. We will find them good homes and keep them out of harms way.

Palma Council seem to be using destructive methods regarding the Centro Canino.

I urge them to be more conciliatory and to help the Canino create somewhere beautiful & caring for abandoned dogs.

If the Centro Canino is doing something wrong, can’t the council sit down with us & help us do it right? I don’t think the Centro Canino is doing anything wrong. We have a fully valid license to keep animals on the land & that, quite simply, is what we do.

It doesn’t trade or breed. Where’s the problem? Please make a
point of phoning Palma Council and ask.

All Centro Canino dogs are microchipped and have private owners. They are not doing any harm. They’re good dogs.

Thank-you for your time & concern over this matter. We want to use this opportunity to help make Mallorca as a whole, and Palma in particular, a better safer place for dogs. Not just the 32 dogs in our care at the moment, they’re just the tip of the Iceberg.

The Centro Canino running at proper capacity & without Palma Council putting deliberate obstacles in our way, can rehome up to eight hundred dogs a year.

That’s a lot of dogs!

We’re fighting not just for our current 32 dogs but also for the next 800 & the next 800 & so on. Please continue to support us. It’s only with your help that we’ve got this far.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE – Call Palma council again, email them or fax them, make them take notice. Make them aware that
you are bearing witness to their ethics.

Palma Council perhaps see lost, injured or abandoned dogs as vermin to be destroyed. We see them as prospective loving pets, who will give love, loyalty & protection for years to come.

The more we can make Palma council realize that this is the 21st century, this is modern Europe & that people care about dogs, the better it will be not just for the Centro Canino but for all the dog shelters on the Island & for all the dogs that need help.

2007s lost dogs, 2008s lost dogs, 2009s lost dogs & so on.

There are no excuses; we owe it to the dogs to insist to Palma Council that we are allowed to carry on.

Once again thank-you so much.