Stray animals in Cuba are constantly at risk: anyone can harm them with impunity.
Since 1992, the Cuban Association for the Protection of Animals and Plants and a group of concerned citizens have been pushing for the passing of a law against animal cruelty, but so far they haven’t accomplished anything.
The National Institute of Veterinary Medicine says that state-run clinics take care of almost 2 million dogs and more than 50,000 cats every year.
Those who are abandoned by their owners face one of three possible fates: (1) they die unattended, (2) they are captured and sacrificed by the Animal Disease Center, or (3) they are re-adopted.
Concerned by this low level of protection, workers of state-owned companies in Old Havana have come up with a creative solution to save street dogs’ lives: they are giving them collars with “identity cards“ informing that they are pets that belong to someone.
This video tells the story of four of these animals, rescued by Margarita Garcia Navarro.
Authors
OnCuba Staff,
OnCuba editorial staff
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