Please sign: Petition against barbaric killing of strays in Mexico

June 14, 2007

Please take just a minute of your time to change the fate of the unfortunate animals in Mexico. Sign this petition!http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/822386383 The people and Animal Protection Associations (APASDEM) signing this petition declare our dissatisfaction with the methods used by government agencies to control the overpopulation of domestic animals in the anti-rabies, canine and feline control centers. Background The only method used since more than 40 years ago by the Health Secretariat to control the overpopulation of dogs and cats is euthanasia, which use electrocution and a dart gun, although it is still common for the animals to be killed with bats. Normally, the heads of the extermination centers covered themselves by claiming that they work under the supervision of an

animal protection organization and that the electrocution method is endorsed by the Mexican Official Standards Code. However, this does not ensure that the animals suffer less, since the method requires much manipulation of the animal, is not accurate and is extremely painful. Moreover, before their execution, the animals live through hell from the time they are captured by the dog catchers, who use violence and cruelty, not only to capture them but also while they are in the extermination centers. Whether they are adults, puppies or pregnant females they are treated brutally. All of the above forces us to come out against such barbaric practices and call on local and federal authorities to stop abetting the executioners and face their responsibility. We Mexicans are a mature people and we are not going to allow public servants to not comply with their obligations in the face of such a serious public and mental health problem of a group of people who must daily witness the

acts of violence and brutality of the animal extermination centers personnel. It is totally incongruent that the violence we are experiencing in our country should be promoted by the very government employees who supposedly are in charge of procuring peace and well being for the population at large.

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