translated from Spanish: Demand to investigate mass death of animals

MEXICO City.-Activists and citizens of Campeche marched to condemn the poisoning of more than 50 stray dogs and cats occurring in different parts of that town. The protest summoned hundreds of inhabitants who, carrying a white shirt with a black bow, advanced from the main roundabout in the center area to the premises of the state attorney General to demand that the mass death of animals be investigated. ” Justice, Justice, justice, “they shouted. The citizens carried wreaths and some signs with phrases such as “stray animals are only the result of an unconscious society”, “rescued is my favorite race”, “no one can do justice on foreign lives” and “our barking is They listen to the sky. ”

Among the protesters transcended allegations against the Secretariat of Health (SSA) that it would be interested in disappearing stray animals because the entity is developing a congress of international relevance. The remains of the poisoned animals were detected between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. According to activists and defenders, it was a mass poisoning allegedly with food. This Thursday, the deputy of Morena José Luis Flores Pacheco went to the state attorney’s office to file a lawsuit against whoever is responsible for the poisoning of more than 50 stray dogs and demanded that the authorities use the cameras and all means at your fingertips to find the culprits. The attorney General of the state, Juan Manuel Herrera, said that he will request the C5 the surveillance videos of the city to clarify the criminal act. Meanwhile, the environmental unit of the city of Campeche offered a press conference to ask the public prosecutor, instead of attacking the city council and politicizing the case, study the videos of the more than 200 chambers that the state government says have active in the City. Local deputies also demanded, during the Congress session, that those responsible for the death of more than 50 animals be investigated and punished in an exemplary manner.

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