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| In collaboration with the Local Police of Águilas | Eight people have been investigated as alleged perpetrators of a crime related to the protection of flora, fauna and domestic animals Complaints have also been made for lacking the required documentation authorizing the keeping of birds, for not complying with the confinement decreed in the state of alarm and for illicit drug possession Citizen collaboration has been crucial in the development of the operation The Civil Guard of the Region of Murcia, in collaboration with the Local Police of Águilas, has carried out in the municipality of Aguila the operation 'Ring', which has resulted in the dismantling of a clandestine attempt to fight cocks.

During the operation, eight people have been investigated, and they have been instructed as alleged perpetrators of a crime related to the protection of flora, fauna and domestic animals (animal abuse). Several complaints have also been filed for violating the confinement decreed in the state of alarm and for illicit drug possession. Thanks to the collaboration, the Local Police of Águilas received a notice that reported a concentration of people in a building in the municipality of Aguileño, in which there was a certain uproar and commotion. Several patrols of the Civil Guard and the Local Police of Águilas coordinated to move to the place indicated by the citizen, verify the facts and, where appropriate, carry out the corresponding inspection. Once at the scene, the agents found eight people inside a building on the ground floor, in which a craft shop had been set up and where cockfights were allegedly taking place. Inside the enclosure, 15 cages and thirty animals were found, which were in precarious hygienic and sanitary conditions. During the inspection, the agents verified that several of the roosters showed signs of having fought, in addition, two of them had recent head injuries with varying degrees of swelling and scarring.

Another specimen had mutilations on the ridge and stifle, among other injuries.

Some specimens had the dewclaws manipulated to make them sharper and sharper. Antiseptics and vitamin complexes used to treat wounds in birds were also found. At the scene, some of the attendees had in their possession significant amounts of money, cash that is presumed could be used to place bets. An artisan shop During the inspection, the civil guards located a rigid black plastic tarp with the ground covered with sand, as a moat, for the employees, supposedly, to carry out the fighting. The tentadero, with a circular shape, was three meters in diameter and 50 centimeters high and had a large amount of blood remains on its interior walls. The agents asked the owner for the required documentation that authorizes the keeping of these animals and, for lack of it, he has been denounced for infractions contained in Decree 1/2014, of January 17, which establishes the sanitary and zootechnical ordinance.

of poultry farms in the Region of Murcia. Once all the necessary indications had been obtained, members of the Benemérita Nature Protection Service (SEPRONA) had investigated eight people, who had been instructed as alleged perpetrators of a crime related to the protection of flora and fauna.

and domestic animals, for animal abuse. In addition, they have been denounced for serious infraction of the Citizen Security Protection Law, for violating the confinement regulated in RD 463/2020, which establishes the state of alarm by COVID-19; and some of them also for illicit drug possession. Crime of animal abuse The crime related to the protection of flora, fauna and domestic animals, known as animal abuse, is included in the Penal Code, which defines it as the act of unjustifiably mistreating animals, by any means or procedure, causing injuries that severely impair their health and is punishable by sentences of three months and one day to one year in prison and special disqualification from one year and one day to three years for the exercise of profession, trade or commerce that is related to animals and for the keeping of animals.

Source: Ministerio del Interior