Olive Press Newspaper – Issue 284 by Olive Press Newspaper Spain

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CONCERN: Over Kim’s new refuge

Despite court cases and cruelty probe, Kim Halliwell opens new refuge A BRITISH expat accused of mistreating animals has opened another refuge after dodging a court date over animal abuse, it can be revealed. Kim Halliwell, who was the subject of a police investigation in Mijas in 2016, has now taken over Pepi’s Refugio, in Pedrera, Sevilla. It is her third animal rescue centre in five years, and supporters claim she took it over in October. Her arrival came after supporters of Pepi’s discovered dogs were increasingly malnourished and ‘starving’. One source claims that dogs who had been rehomed to the UK arrived ‘looking like skeletons’, before Kim had even taken over. “They were seriously malnourished and some had severe diarrhoea,” the source, who asked to remain anonymous, told the Olive Press.

Squalor

“One puppy and its mother were covered in dozens of tics, it’s just awful. “On one occasion the driver who was transporting the dogs to the UK was reluctant to take them. “He only did it as a favour.” But Jane Brian, who founded Pepi’s refuge 14 years ago and now rents it to Halliwell, insisted the claims are untrue and that Kim is doing a ‘fantastic job’. “No one understands the struggles of running a rescue shelter,” she said. “Kim is doing a fantastic job.” She claimed that police from SEPRONA visited last week and checked all her papers and everything was fine. SEPRONA have yet to comment.

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“I had heard the rumours about Kim but that is just a group of people who have made it their life’s ambition to stop her having a dog shelter,” she added. One of these, expat Jacqui Ross, claims she was ordered to appear in court last year to face charges of animal abuse

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following denuncias against her Almeria refuge. The Brit, from Birmingham, who runs the One Last Chance sanctuary in Malaga, confirmed she had tried to shut down her Almeria and Mijas centres for five years. “I’ve given up, nothing seems to get done,” she said, “I saw first hand how dogs were starving, living in squalor and cramped conditions, it’s a real

shame.” Fellow refuge boss, expat Mary Page, 72, who runs respected ADANA dog sanctuary in Estepona, was stunned by the news. “She is not to be trusted and gives all of us who are actually dedicated to rehoming and caring for abandoned animals a bad name,” she said. Halliwell did not get back to the Olive Press before going to print.

Dog days are over DAVID the ‘dogman’ Klein has retired from his expat radio show at TRE citing ‘stress’. It comes after the Olive Press revealed how the ‘dog expert’ had allegedly sold illegal driving licences to unsuspecting expats. The 80-year-old also cited his age and health problems when he made the announcement live on air this week.

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www.theolivepress.es Seven Spanish traditions of extreme animal torture that MUST be stopped

PAIN is not historically famous for its kindness to animals. While most Spaniards today love animals, there are still pockets country where strange and sickening of the see our furry friends suffer torturous rituals treatment or death - just for the fun of it. Every year, Spain’s bullrunning traditions receive international condemnation, port for the bloodsport among its and supcitizens is declining. But an estimated 60,000 animals and lingering deaths every year indie horrific Spain as part of tradition fiestas - a shameful toll of torture. Below we have rounded up seven of try’s most sickening practices whichthe counmust be stopped.

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Killer instinct Rapa das Bestas The Rapa das Bestas festival is a 400-yearold tradition in Galicia that is described as ‘terrorising horses’. On one summer afternoon, locals chase herds of wild horses into village streets. The horses are wrestled by weekend warriors who clip their manes and tails before branding them.

‘Burning bull’

The Burning Bull festival sees a bull’s set a alight before it is made to run horns through the streets in a frenzied panic. A petition calling to ban the event, in Foios, Valencia, each year, haswhich runs garnered more than 180,000 signatures. It comes after video of a bull at event showed it running into a postlast year’s and dying immediately upon impact. The bloodsport dates back 400 years cals say it is an intrinsic part of their and loculture. .

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