- Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community by Fernando-alcazar http://fernando-alcazar.instablogs.com/ - Latest Popular Stories powered by Instablogs Community. http://www.instablogs.com/site-img/insta-slogo.gif Instablogs Community http://fernando-alcazar.instablogs.com/ en-us Instascript 2.0 http://www.instablogs.com Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:47:30 +0000 Cruelty to stray animals under new scrutiny in Puerto Rico http://fernando-alcazar.instablogs.com/entry/cruelty-to-stray-animals-under-new-scrutiny-in-puerto-rico/ http://fernando-alcazar.instablogs.com/entry/cruelty-to-stray-animals-under-new-scrutiny-in-puerto-rico/ Fernando

This much seems certain about the events of last October at three housing projects in this town near Puerto Rico’s northern coast: Men working for the municipality entered the projects, rounded up dozens of dogs and cats that they said...

]]> This much seems certain about the events of last October at three housing projects in this town near Puerto Rico’s northern coast: Men working for the municipality entered the projects, rounded up dozens of dogs and cats that they said violated the housing authority’s no-pets policy and took them away.

What happened next is less clear, but a lawsuit filed on behalf of 33 families claims that city employees and contractors drugged and brutalized dozens of animals and then flung them from a highway bridge that was 50 feet, or 15 meters, high into a weed-choked ravine and left them to die.

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