miércoles, 23 de abril de 2008

Pet smuggling in Bogota'

The veterinary unit arrive accompanied by police in a shop in the center of Bogota', in the Caracas street are located all the pet shops of the city, 9 of 10 are illegal or are smuggling pets illegally..



Some of the dogs are in critical condition and dehydrated, unfortunately the law in Colombia doesn't permit any persecution for the owner, but the animals are seized.



Two of the 50 dogs seized in half an hour from 3 shops, some of them are living in their own excrements and are destinate to the black market for fights.



A white Pit Bull probably destined to the fights market, is saved from his owner.



Dogs are checked from the veterinary of the "ADA"



The president of "ADA" explain the motives of the raid to a shop owner that will lose twenty dogs considered in critical condition.



The owner of a shop is questioned by the vice-president of the "association for the defense of animals and ambient" and by a lawyer of the association in constant presence of the police.



Raid in a illegal veterinary shop, in the fridge at the first floor they are found Ketamin (used as a hallucinogen also by people) and unauthorized vaccine.



Some of the cages where the animals were kept before the raid.



In a cage under the sun for most of the day, sharing a tiny space with other pets.