By George Stephens • Published: 31 Dec 2019 • 10:15
Spain is often criticised in the media and social media quarters for the lack of care and amount of abandoned pets – especially dogs but now the tables have turned as the Spanish hit back at expats especially the ” lazy British”
Spanish animal shelter supporter Antonio Lopez has hit out at British expats who come to Spain, have a dog/s and then when they realise they can’t make a living residing in Spain or get fed up of the heat, dump their dogs and just return to the UK.
Antonio told the Euro Weekly News: ” I see it some many times, the British arrive for a life in the sun and think Spain is the place of dreams, take on a dog or two, when the dream doesn’t work out just dump the dogs and return home” he said.
” I’ve had a guts full of it, It’s not just the rare occasion, it’s a regular occurrence these days” he said.
The comments came as yet another incident took place as 2 Alsatians were dumped in Spain as their English owners returned home, leaving their ” so called ” family pets behind.
As a message went out on social media from Amee Townsend Founder and President of Spanish stray dogs it read:
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