Four dogs locked inside an abandoned vehicle in Tor have been released and the owner has been reported.
A call to 112 from a resident of the municipality alerted them to the situation of the animals.
BarcelonaAfter spending at least three days tied up and locked in an abandoned car on Tor Mountain, in Pallars Sobirà, four dogs were freed and taken to a private facility in the municipality, awaiting transfer to an animal shelter. According to sources from the Rural Agents corps, the operation to free the animals was launched this Tuesday after a resident of the municipality called 112 that the animals had been locked inside the vehicle for several days.
Once the alert was received, Rural Agents, Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan Police), and technicians from the Alins City Council launched an operation to locate and free them. None of them were registered or microchipped, but all had food and water.
The Rural Agents force has been able to identify the vehicle's owner and is working to recover the two dogs that were not inside the car. They have also reported the man for failing to properly identify the animals and for keeping them tied up and locked inside a vehicle. The owner now faces a serious violation, as, according to the Animal Protection Act, all pets must be identified and under no circumstances may they live inside a car.
