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Association reports that stray cats are being poisoned in Estepona

Cats have also been found in the Río La Cala area with noose traps around their necks

Charo MÁRQUEZ

Friday, 1 June 2018, 11:02

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The Estepona-based association Gatos y Amigos has reported that stray cats are being poisoned in different parts of the town.

One of the locations is El Ángel beach, next to a shopping centre, where the president of the association, Laura Montes, suspects that paint stripper and industrial adhesives were used. This caused hair loss and seizures in a cat that was found covered in a yellow sticky substance.

We will never understand what drives someone to wish this suffering on an innocent creature, said Montes, There's no humanity in this type of crime.

The association has also detected that some of the strays in the Río La Cala area have been found with noose traps around their necks. Montes explained that they were able to remove the noose in some cases but in others the cats died.

The association has pointed out that animal cruelty is a criminal offence and encouraged members of the public to report cases to the Guardia Civil environmental unit, Seprona. Reports can be made anonymously, said the association.

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