By Ioanna Mandrou

The immediate intervention of the deputy prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Anastasia Masoura, was caused by the torturous death of a horse in Corfu, which was transporting tourists, at lunchtime and in unbearable heat.

The deputy prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Anastasia, mobilized immediately, while the incident of the fatal exposure of the horse caused a storm of reactions, and according to information, she contacted the Prosecutor’s Office of Corfu, while a case has already been filed for the deplorable conditions of violation of welfare conditions of the unfortunate animal, which was forced to work hard transporting tourists, at hours when such a thing is prohibited and under exterminating conditions.

The ban on transporting tourists on horses, during the self-government of Corfu, at least according to the information provided by the municipal authority to the authorities investigating the shameful case, was from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the afternoon.

However, the owner of the unfortunate animal, the image of which, as it was fallen, as it died while transporting tourists, rousing a storm of reactions, according to information did not observe the curfewFurthermore he had not attended to the horse medically to be controlled to be able to respond to the difficult working conditions to which he was subjected.

At the same time, information that reached the prosecutor’s authorities says that the unfortunate animal was, as is usually the case in these cases, pressure to accelerate, taking hits with vizza, so as to increase the profit of its owner.

Also, other information that has reached the Prosecutor’s Office says that tthe load (the tourists) he was carrying before he passed out from the strain was many and this contributed to him losing his life.

In addition to the prosecutor’s investigation which is in full progress, the unconscious owner of the animal was imposed the prescribed fine of 30 thousand euros, while the prosecutor’s investigation is expected to extend to the conditions under which the owner in question has other horses that he uses for this the purpose.

However, the shameful situation for our country with equines in tourist areas, but also throughout the territory, who live and work under miserable conditions that cause the feeling of civilization of thousands of citizens, now causes serious concerns for the level of our society and for the observance of the law by the competent authorities, who are not only indifferent, but through tolerance become complicit…