TORREORGAZ, SPAIN

The totally mindless and completely unacceptable torture and killing of a donkey...

As Friday 30th October ’09 dawned a group of teenagers aged around 17, in Torreorgaz, Spain, sadistically tortured and killed a donkey for fun during the "celebrations" of the Quintos, a tradition where animals are often abused. It wasn’t enough just to kick and punch this defenceless 20 yr old girl, they thrust a broomstick so hard into her rectum that it burst.

The owners of the donkey received a phone call from a neighbour to say their donkey was tied by a rope at a bus station.  Within half an hour of receiving the call the donkey died and was then removed by the City Council to a warehouse where she stayed until the Department of Nature Protection of the Guardia Civil ( Seprona) could remove her.

Needless to say that there have been denials by the youngsters involved of any wrong doing and the owners of the donkey have been put under immense pressure to withdraw their complaint to the Police.

The Council, meanwhile, shows its most “strong revulsion at this act of savagery and cruelty to animals” and announced they “would not hesitate to take stronger measures so that these unfortunate incidents are never repeated.”

Our voices have got to be heard regarding animal cruelty in Spain and so if you would like to help to try and bring justice for this innocent donkey and to her owners in order that those responsible do not get away with it, please send the following e-mail in Spanish, with your name and country to:    This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Con horror hemos leído la noticia de la tortura a muerte de una burra por parte de unos salvajes de 17 años en su municipio. Por medio de este mensaje solicitamos que se castigue ejemplarmente a los culpables y que se prohíban "los quintos" de ahora en adelante. Su ayuntamiento queda en mi lista de lugares de España que no visitaré a menos que se civilizen.

This is the English translation:

"We have read with horror about the torture to death of a donkey by a group of 17 year old savages in your municipality. We urge you to punish the criminals making an example of them and to forbid this celebration from now on. Your part of the world is now on my list of places I will not visit in Spain until it becomes civilized."

Or you can e-mail me and I will forward to you a prepared e-mail with 15 other addresses that it should be sent to.

Update 2nd November: The Mayoress of Torreorgaz, Concepción Polo, has read a statement condemning what was done to the donkey on Friday and also a letter from the parents of the teenage sadists apologizing for them and taking full responsibility, but get this: the Court for Minors only wants to prosecute based on "damages" because the animal died of a "heart attack" and not of the wounds!!!  Please write again  to the Mayoress's office This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and tell her you are NOT buying this absurd excuse and that you demand that the criminals be tried for cruelty to animals under the 5/2002 legislation.

Acabo de leer con total incredulidad que el fiscal de menores acusa a los menores torturadores del burrito en su pueblo de un mero delito de "daños" porque el animal murió de un "ataque al corazón" y no de sus heridas. Por favor, no nos traten de imbéciles, el animal murió de la gran paliza recibida y de la brutal violación a la que fue sometido y no nos importa cual de sus órganos cedió primero, aquí se debe aplicar  la ley 5/2002 además de poner denuncia por lo administrativo. Cualquier acción para evitar un verdadero castigo a esos individuos sería un gran error de su parte ya que Vds. tienen a una pandilla de sicópatas en el seno de su sociedad, y está bien estudiado que los asesinos en serie y los asesinos de niños empiezan cometiendo barbaridades como la que nos ocupa.

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This is the English translation:

"I have just read with total disbelief that the teenage torturers of the donkey are being accused by the authorities merely of "damages" because the animal died of a "heart attack" and not of his wounds. Please do not treat us like idiots, the animal died of the terrible beating he received and of the brutal rape he suffered and we don't care which one of his organs failed first, the law 5/2002 (*penal code) must be applied plus a civil suit. Any excuse to avoid a real punishment for these individuals would be a grave mistake on your part as you have a group of psychopaths in your midst  and it is a fact that serial and child killers start by torturing animals to death as in this case."