Author: fruitellafruitella
Date: Oct 14, 2007 10:13
bunch of barbarians
Pet massacre in Puerto Rico
BARCELONETA, Puerto Rico - Elvia Tirado Polanco says she reluctantly
handed over her black- and white-spotted mutt to animal control
workers after they threatened that she would be evicted from her
housing project for keeping a pet there.
The workers promised to take the small dog named "Lucero" - or "Star"
- to a shelter. Days later, however, Tirado was horrified to learn
that dozens of pets seized this week in Barceloneta on Puerto Rico's
north coast were instead thrown to their deaths from a bridge.
"It was barbaric," said Tirado, 56, who wept Saturday as she described
caring for the seven-year-old dog. "This has been a really hard blow
for all of us."
Several pet owners inside the Antonio Davila Freytes housing project,
one of three raided by animal control workers Monday and Wednesday,
said they had provided vaccinations and lavished care on the cats and
dogs taken from their homes and killed with strays.
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