¿Qué hacer en caso de MALTRATO ANIMAL? | Dale voz a quien no la tiene 🔇

Okay, let's say you witness, for example, that your neighbor is mistreating his dog. What can you do? Hi, I'm Carlos, a clinical veterinarian at Small Animals. Welcome to the Happy Pets and Families Channel. Unfortunately, due to my work as a veterinarian, I have had to deal with the worst side of human beings on more than one occasion. Animal abuse. But of course, many times it also catches. Catches you in the middle and you don't know what to do. That's why I've come to tell you more or less how you have to approach these types of situations and how you can help above all, the animal that is being mistreated, which is the most important thing at this time. In order not to go on too long, I want to tell you that there are more or less three types of abuse. On the one hand, active abuse, which is any type of situation in which the person is causing harm to the dog, the animal, the cat, or any type of companion animal that lives with them. This is the most obvious, logically. On the other hand, there is passive abuse, which is perhaps less obvious. This occurs when the animal does not have the optimal conditions to live, or does not have space, or is not given food or water, or is kept on a terrace all day and cannot go for walks. It cannot truly develop as it is with the needs that it has. Abuse in cats does tend to occur when a large number of cats accumulate in a house, for example, with Noah's Arc syndrome. So in these types of cases, we can also talk about abuse. Why? Because clearly these cats are not well cared cared for in most cases. And I always say, in most cases there are people who have 10 cats and have them all perfectly well cared for. But if you see that, for example, these cats live in an unhealthy environment, an environment with garbage, where they cannot eat, where they cannot develop, then clearly these cats are being mistreated. What happens is that it is not abuse, as I said before, very obvious. And finally, abandonment, which no one can deny, is another form of abuse and which, unfortunately, is the most common of all. Okay, what I just told you is important because it can indicate how we have to act in any situation. But we will see that later. The most important thing is that when you observe any type of abuse situation, you gather all the information possible that you arm yourself with a large amount of data, information and evidence that you can use later to be able to prove that abuse. But what evidence can you take? Let's see. Something that is very important is that legally you cannot record inside a person's house through a window or through an opening or through the door. That is not allowed and is also against the law. But they will not accept evidence that involves recording an audio in which there is a conversation between two people in which you are not participating. If you participate in the conversation, yes. If you do not participate, that evidence is not valid. But there's one very important thing I want to tell you here, because I've seen that many people don't do it right? You can never jump, sneak, or enter your neighbor's property to try to rescue the animal yourself, because that's illegal. You're trespassing on their home. And then you may see yourself with the best intentions in the world for wanting to save that animal from mistreatment. And in the end, the neighbor reports you because you've done something illegal. One thing you can record or take pictures of is when an animal is on a terrace or balcony that you can see from your house or from the street, because that part of the house, since it's exposed to the outside, can be recorded and filmed from outside. And one very important thing is that you get witnesses. The more the better, because they can help you if you end up having to file a complaint. And if, after the mistreatment, you already have the mistreated animal with you, the first thing to do is take it to the vet so that they can perform a thorough examination and prepare a veterinary report on the situation that occurred, the injuries it has, how the animal arrived, etc. Because all of that is evidence, right? And having said all that, what should we proceed in a situation of mistreatment? I do not recommend that the first thing you do is rush to file a complaint, because the important thing now is to get the animal out of the situation of mistreatment where it is clearly suffering. Filing a complaint comes later, perhaps, in these cases. And if you see that the animal's life is not in imminent danger, you can first start some kind of conversation with the person who is with it. If you feel some respect or embarrassment, you can try to find some kind of family member or friend, some kind of contact with someone you have seen, for example, in the neighborhood, to talk to them indirectly. Why am I telling you this? Because many times people who mistreat their animals, for example, with indirect mistreatment, leaving them without food or without taking them for walks, it is because in their head they are already tired of being with the animal and, well, they do not want to continue taking care of it. Many times these types of people may want to give up the animal. And if you give them the opportunity to give it up, well, you are already saving it from mistreatment and you do not have to directly get into any type of confrontation with them. But giving up is a word that seems very object oriented. But giving it up for adoption already implies something like greater attachment. You know, that's what I'm telling you. Giving up is what is used. But before talking to the person who lives with the animal, you will have to have your plan, well planned in your head. Someone who is going to be a temporary foster parent for that dog or cat that you are rescuing. So that when the person says, okay, yes, I'll give it up, you can take it somewhere safe. Don't give them time to think about it or to regret it. In addition to this, it is also important that at the time they give it to you, there is some type of document that can be signed. It does not have to be a very elaborate document, but rather that it simply includes the person's details and states their willingness to give the animal to you. If the person lets you, you could take a photo of them or send you a photo of their identity document. This will greatly speed up the procedures for changing the official legal ownership of the animal. And of course, if instead of these types of mistreatment, you find an abandoned animal, try to take it into your home. Find some type of foster home or adoption for it. Talk to an association, but pick it up from the street, take it to the vet, have them take a look at it to see how it is, to see if it has any type of problem or need, or even to see if it has a microchip. It may seem to you that the animal is abandoned and it turns out that it ran away, I don't know, three months ago, and its owner has been looking for it and has not walked with it. If it has a microchip, it has one installed. The vet has tried to contact the owner several times and is unsuccessful. The ownership of the microchip can be legally changed. The vet speaks to the association. The association is the one that sends a bura fax to the owner. And if the owner does not respond well, that's it. With the bura fax sent, it can be changed without any problem. It is not necessary for the owner to give it to you in a contract or with an ID or anything. If you have achieved this, well, that's it, you have already saved the animal from abuse. But what happens if you see that at that very moment it is being physically mistreated. The best thing to do is to call the police or the Civil Guard here in Spain, so that they can intervene in the situation, because they will also be able to do many things. To begin with, they will be able to draw up a report of the situation. That report is very valuable if a complaint needs to be filed to prove what was happening. The second thing is that if they see that the animal's life is in danger at that moment, they can remove custody. The police can do that, not you. You can't just go and take it from its hands by force. Furthermore, a complaint can be filed at that very moment. Even law enforcement officers can file a complaint ex officio. You don't need to have any kind of confrontation with the person. But what happens if the animal is suffering passive abuse, for example, they're not feeding it and the owner doesn't want to give it up? In these cases, you may have to resort to filing a complaint in order to take custody of the animal and prevent it from suffering further abuse. That's why I told you before, you need all the information. You can gather graphic information, information from witnesses and everything else. There are several types of complaints that you can file. There are civil and criminal complaints in Spain, at least. It may be that in your country, for example, criminal proceedings are not considered. Find out about them there, because that may be something different. Don't think that you have to pay anything or anything like that for reporting someone. If you want to do it, do it because it's free and it won't involve any financial outlay for you, if that worries you. But I do want to make you aware that at least here in Spain, there is no consistency between all the autonomous communities when it comes to reporting through civil proceedings. Criminal proceedings are. And the penalty are very low. It doesn't even reach a year in prison for a person who mistreats an animal. Here in Spain, that's practically nothing, because even if they were sentenced to less than a year in prison, they would never go to jail or anything like that. On the other hand, the fines that can be imposed through civil proceedings are not very high, or they vary greatly depending on the autonomous community. There are autonomous communities where the fines are a little higher. Here in Andalusia they can be quite high. But there are other autonomous communities that don't even have them, such as the city of Ceuta. And you can be honest. The most important thing is to always keep in mind that in order to report someone, you have to be able to identify them. If you don't know the person's name, well, look it up in their mailbox if you want, or if you can't access the person's name, at least identify where they live, where the incident is happening, so that the law enforcement officers, the police or the civil guard can identify them. Furthermore, when you file a report of this type, it is very important that it is as detailed as possible, and witnesses are very important for this process. You can look for people, organizations or organizations that can help you file the report. There are animal rights parties and animal rights organizations that fight against animal abuse on a daily basis and they know how to deal with these types of situations. For example, in the specific case of PACMA, they have a portal called iDenounce. I'll leave the link below so you can follow it and they'll advise you on how to properly file a complaint. You can also talk to your neighborhood association or the president of the neighborhood association in case they want to file a complaint. If they file the complaint on behalf of the entire neighborhood association, you'll avoid having to have a direct run in with that other neighbor who is mistreating their pet. You can also consult a lawyer who will be able to clearly tell you all the legal avenues you have to report that person. And before we go, I just want to make it clear that I'm a veterinarian and I know this information because I've had to do research and provide information in order to also pass it on to families who came to the consultation and didn't know where to start. If you want to go a little further and get more information, you know that I'll leave the links in the description box below so that they can give you better advice on associations such as PAC Man. And that's it for today's video. If you liked it, give it a like and share it with everyone. 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That's not the figure, and that's it. Well, I hope that you never have to use the information I've given in this video, because that would mean that you wouldn't have to report such a situation. But I'm not a lawyer in any case.