They were chained in a small enclosure, without water or food.
Nine dogs and a goat were in deplorable sanitary conditions when the Aveyron gendarmes found them at the end of last week.
The soldiers had received a call telling them of a case of animal abuse in the town of Alrance, south of Rodez.
During the intervention, they were able to see it, especially since it did not date from the day before.
The owners of the animals had indeed left for nearly a week, abandoning their animals to their sad fate.
"The animals, which were in a particularly worrying state of health, were the subject of a protective measure and were entrusted to the Society for the Protection of Animals", indicate the gendarmes.
Legal proceedings have been opened in parallel against the owners who incur penalties of up to 75,000 euros in fines and imprisonment for “serious abuse or acts of cruelty”.
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