{"id":57150,"date":"2015-10-27T09:09:25","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T14:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oncubamagazine.com\/?p=57150"},"modified":"2015-10-27T09:09:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T14:09:25","slug":"dogs-with-identity-cards-in-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/styles-trends\/technologies-of-communication-and-media\/dogs-with-identity-cards-in-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogs with “identity cards” in Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stray animals in Cuba are constantly at risk: anyone can harm them with impunity.<\/p>\n

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\u2019t accomplished anything.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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\u2019 lives: they are giving them collars with \u201cidentity cards\u201c informing that they are pets that belong to someone.<\/p>\n

This video tells the story of four of these animals, rescued by Margarita Garcia Navarro.<\/p>\n