Animal activists rescue an abused dog on a Mayabeque farm

Cuban animalists they rescued a dog that they had given him up for adoption and had him on a farm in the province of Mayabeque in deplorable conditions and he was physically abused.

Yenney Caballero, activist in defense of animals, documented on social networks the rescue this week of Yanko, a dog that had been bought by her and other animal owners and given up for adoption to a person in Güines who, unable to care for him, had to give him to a man on a farm in that town.

However, according to Caballero's testimony, the man used him as a custodian and kept him in "poor conditions."

Caballero denounced that Yanko, a Pitbull breed, he had a blow to the eye and They kept him tied in the mud, under a cart, reasons why they decided to go to the intricate place to rescue him.

“Because of animals I am capable of anything. Who said that Yanko is the custodian of a farm. No dog that passes through my hands has this sad end. “I will go to the end of the world if necessary, to restore happiness,” Caballero wrote in a Facebook post.

“When I give them up for adoption, I follow up,” he said. “I wanted to see the face of that man who said that he would not return the dog or sell it. I was the one who bought this dog, with the help of many of you, and for some reason I made an adoption form for him. Luckily he didn't resist when I told him 'I'm taking the dog'; I was ready for anything. "He wouldn't stay there in those terrible conditions."

Caballero thanked his friend, also an animal activist. Alberto Luiz Cruz, for helping her rescue the canine.

“We filled ourselves with mud, we rode in a cart, we walked many kilometers under the sun, but Yanko is safe, secure and very happy,” he said in the publication accompanied by a video and photos of the dog and them after the rescue.

Caballero is one of the most visible animal protection activists on social networks. Recently, he reported the case of the dogs that were killed in Mayabeque and its meat sold as if it were pork or mutton, and as minced meat.

In mid-April, Three men were arrested in San José de las Lajas accused of killing dogs and selling their meat.

In another act of animal abuse, the incident caused great indignation among activists and citizens. sacrifice of a racehorse, which was confiscated from its owner by authorities of the San Antonio de los Baños municipality, in Artemisa, and taken to the slaughterhouse to kill him, supposedly because he suffered from an infection.