Las cockfighting, They are acts of extreme violence and cruelty promote serious abuse of the animals involved, What damage the integrity or deterioration of the health of these birds, even resulting in their death. con suffering of the animal in a state of consciousness.
The new Animal Welfare Act, which has been in force since September 2023, expressly prohibits in Article 75 “the training and use of animals for fights and fights with other animals or people. But the ban does not mean that breeding and these practices will not continue.
The stolen roosters
From PACMA they wanted to focus on the seriousness of a case that has caused controversy and memes on social networks: the return of some roosters, allegedly used for illegal fighting, to a clan in Valladolid by the Civil Guard’s SEPRONA.
Although the case has gone viral due to threatening videos posted by the clan to retrieve the animals, PACMA warns about this behind this news apparently anecdotal a serious case of animal abuse could remain hidden.
The roosters, recovered in Soria after being stolen, were returned to their owners despite the factThere is evidence that these animals can be used in fightinga practice that is completely prohibited in Spain.
This decision by the authorities has since been “illogical”. The animals should have been seized for the time being to ensure their protection and to allow an adequate investigation into the conditions in which they were kept.
The background to this news, which is considered funny by many, is very worrying. Cockfighting is a brutal form of cockfighting animal crueltyand returning the roosters to their alleged abusers without conducting any investigation is incompatible with the objective of SEPRONA, as the agency responsible for animal protection and the fight against their mistreatment.
From PACMA We will make a formal request to the Guardia Civil to review their actions and proceed to the provisional seizure of the animals. We also urge that possible illegal practices related to cockfighting in this case be investigated and appropriate sanctions imposed. It is essential to approach these types of situations from a serious and committed perspective, and to move away from the trivial approach that prevails on social networks.
Illegal rooster farm
In an unexpected turn of events, SEPRONA recently located an illegal breeding of fighting cocks in Valladolid.
The facilities were saved 136 Spanish fighting cocks, of which 12 males with cut combs. The officers have prepared an inspection and complaint report.
From PACMA they demand that these roosters be transferred to a shelter and that this torture ends for them.