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Passerelles Pound: a German Shepherd killed after the death of her human

Passerelles Pound: a German Shepherd killed after the death of her human

Mis à jour le 24 January 2023

We crossed paths with Holga. This dog was sent to a pound after the loss of her human companion. She waited there with no care and no attention before being eliminated like a piece of rubbish.

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She was called Holga. This German Shepherd had a happy existence for a long time with her human. She watched over him for years, offering him tenderness and loyalty. And she had visibly been very loved in return.

And then everything changed: elderly, the man passed away. As often happens in this situation, the family did not want to take Holga in. The children contacted the Passerelles Pound to get rid of her...

Abandonment added to the pain of grief for the dog. Placed in quarantine on 23 November 2021, Holga found herself in a cold and bare cage.

                                         

When our investigators went there for the first time, they saw that she was injured, languishing behind bars. At that time, they did not know why she was there: was she boarding, at the shelter, or impounded? It was only during their second visit a few days later when they discovered her body in a freezer, her notes filed under deceased animals (with no mention of her serious injury) and her — brief — history, that they realised the tragedy that had happened behind closed doors.

The tragic story of Holga is not an isolated case. Thousands of animals perish in the same way in our country when their human dies or falls ill. Whatever their state of health, abandoned by everyone, they are slaughtered without being put up for adoption or if they are not adopted.

Rally with us to get Holga’s story known, just as despicable for her as the memory of her old friend. Everyone must be made aware that sometimes dogs, and often cats, are treated as rubbish by pounds.

Translated from the French by Joely Justice

Marie-Sophie Bazin
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Terreneuve | Wednesday 21 December 2022

Odieux !!!

Anita | Wednesday 21 December 2022

Quelle tristesse. Mais pourquoi la famille l'a déposé dans une fourrière et pas à la spa ?.. Je ne comprends pas.

Patricia | Wednesday 21 December 2022

Allez-y vraiment là, parce que ce qui se passe dans les fourrières en France est une déchéance totale.
Comment peut-on abandonner un animal ?
Il y a un proverbe qui dit : " si tu es capable de faire du mal à un animal c'est que tu es capable de faire du mal à un humain ". Et c'est bien vrai !

Marinette | Tuesday 20 December 2022

Quelle cruauté et quelle tristesse ! Nous ignorons beaucoup de choses concernant ces fourrières. C'est choquant d'apprendre qu'il y a autant d'euthanasies d'animaux. Cette petite Holga aurait pu être soignée et ensuite mise à l'adoption. Elle aurait pu être adoptée et connaître à nouveau la chaleur d'un foyer aimant. Malheureusement, certains êtres humains choisissent la solution la plus facile pour eux, mais pas pour l'animal. Cela se nomme de l'assassinat, crimes contre de pauvres animaux sans défense. Des animaux qui avaient un maître ou une maîtresse qui les aimait. Ces animaux avaient confiance en l'homme qui du jour au lendemain les tue car trop nombreux. Comment peut-on euthanasier ou plutôt "assassiner" un animal en bonne santé ? Repose en paix petit cœur d'amour, petite Holga. N'oublions pas que tous les animaux possèdent aussi une âme.