Care2: Demand Investigation into Concentration Camp for Dogs in Sarajevo

[Omaha Steve]

Petition here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/854/017/259/demand-investigation-into-concentration-camp-for-dogs-in-sarajevo/


Target: the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Municipalities and authorities of Sarajevo, the Veterinary Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the State Veterinary Inspector for Animal Welfare and the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sponsored by: Sandra Jensen

Prihvatiliste KS Praca, commonly known as ‘Praca’ is in Sarajevo. Since the shelter was built (March 2012) reports, photographs and eyewitness accounts demonstrate that dogs are held in entirely inhumane conditions.

A recent visitor (February 2013) to the shelter states:

“The picture is scary with creepy sounds and incessant barking. Everything is terribly dirty, unfinished buildings, leaking from all sides…. Stench spreads all around. There are many cages facing each other, divided by a narrow corridor. Almost no light enters most of the cages, cages are in pitch dark during the day. Many cages are floating in water, mud, urine and faeces. Small/young dogs are barking, terrified of bigger dogs that are facing them in opposite cages. Blankets or rugs donated are not used. Workers say: “Don’t you see how much water there is, as soon as we put blankets in or over the cages for cover, they become wet and we have to throw them away … we do not have possibility to wash or dry them …“”


WARNING for graphic photos with this story: http://inmemoryofvucko.org/2013/03/06/concentration-camp-for-mans-best-friend/

This photograph was taken just a few days ago in Sarajevo, at the dog “shelter” called ‘Prihvatilište KS Prača’, commonly known as ‘Praca’. Praca is a private shelter owned and built by Murai Komerc (a construction company) with contracts with Sarajevo municipalities to take in dogs from the street (on a per dog basis) and to provide them with appropriate care.

Below is a photograph of some of the dog pens – in midday.

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Taking photos in the “shelter” is forbidden. These photographs were taken secretly. In order to visit you have to call in advance to make an appointment and you have to say which dog you want to visit. You cannot just go and walk in or walk around. Praca is about 60 km away from Sarajevo, and difficult to get to by public transport, thus making it difficult for anyone to visit to check on activities there.

Praca in 2012
Two months after Praca was built (March 2012, it opened on 30th March 2012) reports said there was no electricity or running water in the “shelter”, that there was no fence around the compound, nobody there during the night, not enough food for dogs, no veterinarian. There were 15 workers and 500 dogs.

More story and photos at link.

[dipsydoodle]

1. Kicked for attention

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[Mnemosyne]

2. Can't look. K&R nt

[siligut]

3. What the hell is wrong with people?

Causing suffering for what reason?