Puerto Rico: Anger over pet massacre

Puerto Rico's housing department has started an investigation against animal control workers who allegedly threw dogs and cats off a bridge and to their deaths.

Tenants of several public housing units in the city of Barceloneta had been threatened with eviction by workers of Animal Control Solutions (ACS) unless they gave up their pets and many complied with them. Yet these pet owners were grief-stricken and outraged after learning of the possibly cruel end to their animals’ lives:

“It was barbaric” said (tenant Elvira) Tirado, 56, who wept Saturday as she described caring for the seven-year-old dog. “This has been a really hard blow for all of us… I have been crying so much I can barely sleep.”

Julio Diaz- owner of ACS- claimed that the animals were treated humanely before being euthanized at company-owned shelters despite some eyewitness claims that dead and live animals were tossed over the 50-foot bridge.

Image- MSNBC (Cat trying to get free from a Mississippi animal shelter)

Sources (English)- BBC News, Guardian UK

Source (Spanish)- Primera Hora