“Police shoot dogs in Tenerife during anti-drug operation: Animal rights group denounces incident”

The provincial coordinator of PACMA in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Cristo Gil, has denounced this Wednesday, March 29, through his social networks that Some people have shot several dogs in Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife. According to Gil, two of the injured dogs are already at the vet, where they try to save them.

On the official PACMA page, where the video of the event is posted, it is reported that they are police officers who have shot the dogs during an arrest.

Cristo Gil makes it clear that these are show dogs, that they are not aggressive. “They are of the bully breed, one of the noblest breeds there is,” he says. “That this continues to happen is tremendously painful and insane,” adds the provincial coordinator of PACMA.

The images that this defender of animal rights has shared have been captured from a video that another user of social networks has shared.

In that video, Ubay Hernández affirms that the agents, who did not identify themselves, they fired five shots at the animals, while trying to identify a friend of his. In the images, in addition, a trail of blood can be seen in the corridor of the building.

The user highlights that the shooting occurred near two educational centers, where the shots were heard. In addition, they have found one of the bullets, which they will hand over to the lawyers.

From PACMA they ask that agents are instructed and prepared to intervene with animalswhich would allow situations like the one that occurred this Wednesday in Tenerife to be avoided.

Hundreds of users of social networks have criticized the actions of the agents.

police version

National Police sources have reported that this event occurred during an anti-drug operation by the National Police, in which eight people have been arrested and six entries and searches have been carried out. the same is found under summary secrecy and it is being handled by Court No. 4 of Passion fruit.

During the arrest of one of those investigated, three national police officers were injured, since their dogs attacked the agents when the arrest took place. Three of the dogs were injured in a non-vital area and were later taken to the vet, they add.