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Animal groups in Mauritius are calling for the end of contract dog killing after grisly footage was released by Humane Society International (HSI). The anonymous footage was captured in December 2020.
Video Courtesy of HSUS
HSI and other animal advocates are calling on Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth after footage of dogs attacking each other at a government-funded shelter surfaced. Per HSI, the Mauritius Society for Animal Welfare (MSAW) is the operator of the pound.
Claire Bass, executive director of Humane Society International/UK, said in an emailed statement, “The hundreds of thousands of tourists who visit Mauritius each year would be shocked to learn that the puppies they play with on the beach could be rounded up to languish and die in a hellish government-funded pound. HSI’s spay and neuter program on the island has demonstrated a humane way to substantially reduce the number of roaming dogs while MSAW has proved itself unfit to end the neglect and su
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Dogs have been filmed eating dead and dying dogs at a government-run pound
One visitor recalled the inhumane conditions at the Mauritius Society for Animal Welfare (MSAW), which has been accused of animal cruelty for years
The Humane Society International have called MSAW unfit to care for the dogs, which are reportedly starved and kept in cramped conditions
Campaigners are calling for the pound to be converted into an animal hospital
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