New carnage has occurred in Rethymnon where a dog was found tied up with a rope and bleeding in the rubbish bins outside the premises of the University of Crete

According to neakriti, the image of the unfortunate dog shocked even the vet, where the dog was taken by volunteers from the animal welfare group “I care”.

The young Belgian wolfdog has been brutally amputated by its ears, by a breeder who, apparently seeing how he caused uncontrollable bleeding and infection in the unfortunate dog, tied it with a rope to the rubbish bins outside the premises of the University of Crete in Rethymno.

The amputated Belgian wolfdog in Rethymno was named Bruno by the volunteers who rescued it, they are appealing to find a family for the unfortunate animal. As Mrs. Valia Tservaki explains, despite his suffering, Bruno is healthy, young and with a very good character.

Equally shocking were the images of the dog found a few days ago in Ammoudara Maleviziou, which had been castrated with a bandage on its genitals. Veterinarian Andreas Batouvas was surprised to make the finding when the unfortunate animal was taken to his clinic with symptoms of septicemia.

In their written statement, the members of the animal welfare group Sirius of Heraklion refer both to these two incidents recorded in the last 24 hours and, more broadly, to the great wound that is the barrel dogs in Crete, catalyzing every concept of civilization and humanity. A phenomenon that constantly feeds back on the number of homeless people who end up in the urban fabric of the cities of Crete.

The animal welfare announcement in detail

The two unacceptable incidents recorded in the last 24 hours, with the brutal mutilation of the Belgian wolfdog in Rethymno and the barbaric castration of a dog found in Ammoudara, Heraklion, with a bandage, are absolutely condemnable. As well as the shooting of a stray in St. Barbara, who was amputated to save his life
They are only indicative of a situation that has reached an impasse for our society. We express our undivided support to the volunteers of NOIAZOMAI – VOLUNTEER PHILOSOPHICAL GROUP OF RETHYMNO who manage the incident, as well as our congratulations to the citizens who decided to adopt the tortured dog found in Ammoudara.

As volunteers, we are well aware that incidents such as these are only the tip of the iceberg in front of the situation that prevails in the countryside of Crete. The image of the barrel dogs in the desert catalyzes every concept of civilization and humanity, while it is a phenomenon that constantly feeds back the number of strays that end up in the urban fabric of the cities of Crete. The impoverished animals that tourists, citizens and volunteers encounter every day in the mountainous regions of Crete are countless.

Dogs like the unfortunate Bruno, and the dog found in Ammoudara. brutally mutilated, tied to barrels and crates, without food and basic care to reproduce uncontrollably. Complaints fall on deaf ears as there is no infrastructure anywhere to house the animals even if they are ordered to be removed.

It is time for the state and local authorities to put the knife deep in the bone with strict police controls, with information programs coordinated by the region of Crete and the University of Crete, on whose doorstep the latest incident took place, with the cooperation of all competent authorities institutions to eradicate disgraceful medieval practices.

The state and the institutions cannot be “bewildered” in front of the multitude of cases and deal with them “indicatively”, only in blatant cases where the degree of publicity they receive counts