The Civil Guard clarifies the authorship of two crimes of animal abuse
During the investigations, the corpses of two dead dog puppies that belonged to the kennel of an individual were discovered.
The author sentenced to imprisonment for both crimes
The Civil Guard, within the framework of the TXAKUR operation, has detained a person for two crimes of animal abuse in Álava.
The corpses of the two English Setter puppies were found in a pine forest area near the town of Vírgala Mayor (Álava). After the warning and first inquiries from a Forestry Agent of the Department of the Environment of the Provincial Council of Álava, the two bodies were transferred to the Agricultural Laboratory of the Provincial Council.
In later days, a farm with animals belonging to an individual was located, who had two dogs that had recently given birth to a litter of puppies, whose physical characteristics coincided with the puppies found dead. The Civil Guard agents took DNA samples from each female for later analysis and collation in the Environment Department of the Civil Guard Criminalistics Service.
Subsequently, the SEPRONA agents of the Civil Guard transferred the bodies to the Valencia Institute of Legal Medicine to carry out a necropsy and collect samples for a genetic identification (DNA) analysis. The result revealed the maternal and filial compatibility between one of the dogs owned by the condemned man and the dead puppies.
Likewise, after the necropsy of the corpses and the evaluation of the report, carried out by the Technical Unit of SEPRONA, the cause of death of both dogs was certified: head trauma with a blunt object.
The Civil Guard has been using DNA extraction techniques in its investigations for years, a key tool at the moment to find relationships between species and, as in this case, to identify the perpetrators of crimes of animal abuse.
Prison sentences
Given the events that occurred, the Álava Environmental Prosecutor's Office requested, for each of the crimes, the penalty of 12 months in prison, with special disqualification for the exercise of profession, trade or trade related to animals and for the keeping of animals for a period of one year.
The Court of Instruction No. 2 of Vitoria, sentenced the author of the animal abuse to 16 months in prison, 8 for each of the crimes committed. The Judicial Authority, in its sentence, has therefore independently condemned the crimes committed against each of the puppies, which is increasingly common in courts in different parts of Spain.
Abandonment and Animal Abuse
In recent years there has been an extraordinary evolution in the protection and defense of animals and the conditions necessary for their well-being, which has been accompanied by extensive regulatory development, necessary in the fight against real mafias and criminal organizations behind them. behaviors.
On a day when World Animal Rights Day is commemorated, from the Civil Guard, the importance of animals in the life of man is valued and not only from a social point of view, through the pets, but the fundamental role they play in balancing ecosystems on the planet. It is therefore a fundamental task of all to respect them, preserve the habitats in which they live in freedom and take care of those that we are in charge of.
So far this year the Civil Guard has detected 228 crimes of animal abandonment with 103 detained and investigated and 832 detained and investigated for animal abuse with 486 detained and investigated. The administrative offenses related to the regulations on companion animals amount to 13068.
Collaborations
The investigation, coordinated by the Delegate Section of the Álava Environmental Prosecutor's Office, has been directed by SEPRONA agents of the Civil Guard and has had the fundamental collaboration of the Álava Forest Agents.
For more information, you can contact the SEPRONA Press Office at 608.251.069.
