The Happy Dog Shelter Sobolev has been closed. as he wrote Donald Tusk in X, this refuge is further proof “that people desperately lack what they we can learn from dogs: love, loyalty, character.”
The prime minister said that the decision to close had been made by the Garwolin district veterinarian. “There will be no concession fees for those who condemn animals to suffering,” he added in X.
The shelter had been involved in controversy for years, after repeated complaints from activists who They warned of the poor conditions where the dogs were kept. It is believed that it housed about 200 animals. Some celebrities, like the singer Doda, joined the cause to help animals.
What happens to the animals? Sobolev?
As we read in a press release from the Mazovia Police, on Saturday, January 24, the veterinarian of the Garwolin district notified the owner of the Sobolew shelter of the decision to immediately close the facilities and ban animal shelters.
“The district veterinarian in Garwolin has sent a request to the municipal authority to take care of the animals, the municipality has been forced to collect them from the shelter,” reads the statement.
The dogs were taken from the shelter in arms by people who had gathered to protest against the conditions in which the animals were housed.
Other actions related to the care of the animals housed there are being coordinated by the mayor of the municipality of Sobolew, Maciej Błachnio, who has decided that the animals will be handed over to the care of one of the shelters in the province of Łódź, with which the relevant documents are currently being drawn up. Logistical preparations are also underway to transport animals safely.
According to officials, due to their large number, this procedure requires proper coordination of activities. Until all the animals have been delivered, The Police ensure your safetyas well as that of the occupants of the closed Sobolew shelter.
Getting Out of Hell by Sobolew
On Sunday morning, the Warsaw Otoz Animal Inspection wrote on its Facebook profile: “It is just before 4 in the morning and we are still fighting. We are in the clinic with the dogs that together with pro-animal organizations They managed to get out of the hell of Sobolew.
Tiredness does not matter, the most important thing is that these damaged animals are now safe and under the care of specialists. “We have a long night ahead, but for them it is the first day of a new and better life.”
Why was the shelter closed? Sobolev?
The Garwolin District Veterinarian noted in the decision “the lack of a list of animals housed in the shelter, kept in electronic format.” As ‘Polsat News’ reported, despite a reminder after an inspection last yearthe facility operator had not implemented an electronic record.
The owner of the shelter, Marian D., already had to hear an accusation of animal abuse in 2019; A final verdict has not yet been reached in the case.with a hearing that will take place on February 18.
Among other things, he is accused of using violence against animals, keeping them in pens that are too narrow and feeding them poorly. The Minister of the Interior and Administration, Marcin Kierwiński, declared that emergency inspections of shelters They had started on Monday and would continue.
