Costa Rica says no to animal cruelty

[Judi Lynn]

12 June 2017 - 00H00

SAN JOSÉ (AFP) -

Thousands of animal lovers packed a major San Jose avenue Sunday, many with pups in tow, to celebrate Costa Rica's new animal cruelty law and its fines and jail time for violators.

Bikers, animal rights activists and many animal lovers were on hand dancing to traditional tunes to support the law, signed this month by the Central American nation's President Luis Guillermo Solis.

"We have got to demand that there be no more impunity; that whoever abuses an animal be punished," Solis said, raising cheers from the crowd.

The parade marshal for the day was Duke, a dog that became well known in local media after someone hacked him with a machete and left him for dead.

More:
http://www.france24.com/en/20170611-costa-rica-says-no-animal-cruelty

[shenmue]

1. Yes!

[EX500rider]

2. Good, they used to drive around and throw out poisoned meat to kill strays..

.....when I lived there.