- After entering the enclosure and examining the situation of the captured cats of El Molinete, the spokesman of Cs has ensured that "it does not make much sense to have them retained in the center when they are not adoptable, and according to a veterinary report They are stressed and depressed because they are wild and not accustomed to captivity and confinement, which negatively impacts their health. "
According to Padín, "the most sensible and humane exit is that they study the possibility of returning them where they left them and the care of the Four Cats Association."
The Citizen spokesman in Cartagena, Manuel Padin, today attended the facilities of the Center for Reception and Treatment of Domestic Animals (CATAD) along with the councilor of CTSSP-We, Teresa Sanchez and the president of the Four Cats Association, Susana Eleuterio .
The reason for the visit has been to check the status in the feral cats are caught in the surroundings of the windmill, which manages and cares the association Four Cats.
A CATAD operator has prevented this morning the entry of the president despite the complaints and the insistence of the councilmen, "all efforts we make to normalize the situation with this center that we pay all Cartagena generators are useless when We are witnessing ridiculous and Dantesque situations like this. "
"The worker did not want to identify himself and when I asked him if there was any judicial or municipal order or some precautionary measure that justified this refusal he has not been able to respond," said Padín.
After entering the enclosure and examining the situation of feral cats caught in El Molinete, Cs spokesman said that "it does not make much sense to have them held in the center when they are not adoptable, and according to a veterinary report They are stressed and depressed because they are wild and not accustomed to captivity and confinement, which negatively impacts their health. "
According to Padín, "the most sensible and humane exit is that they study the possibility of returning them where they left them and the care of the Four Cats Association."
"Even though they are reasonably well cared for, these animals, accustomed to free living and urban life, will not survive long in these conditions, one of the cats is already dead, another is very weak, and everyone is losing weight so Alarming because they do not eat, there is no reason to justify spending public money on these cats when it is damaging their health, "said Manuel Padin.
The Citizens spokesman has informed that he will meet with Councilor for Quality of Life and Health, Francisco Calderón, to seek a solution to this nonsense and to ask for explanations of why a company that manages a public service with everyone's money is Preventing the entry of the representative of an animal protection group, "are people who leave their lives, their time and money in causes as noble as the care of animals, are performing a social work and a service that should be Doing the Town Hall, there is no right to be treated like this, "said Manuel Padin.
Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena