Sota dog killer city guard guilts fear: The Guardia Urbana de Barcelona agent who shot down the dog Sota justified this Monday before the judge who fired for "fear" when the animal was pouncing on him, after having bitten him in the elbow a first time, according to legal sources .
This agent and another who formed patrol with him have declared as investigated before the Court of Instruction 4 of Barcelona, although they have refused to answer the questions of the private prosecution - on behalf of the owner of the dog - and the six accusations popular from different animal entities, including Pacma, Faada, Nova Eucària and Libera, and have only responded to his defense and to the Prosecutor's Office.
Both have explained that the intervention began when they saw a dog alone and without tying that went down the street, on December 18, 2018, which caught their attention, and later the owner of the animal appeared and began to rebuke them without no reason.
The agents left the patrol car, they asked for the documentation and it was then, according to the aforementioned legal sources, that the man began to become aggressive and nervous and to transfer this behavior to the dog.
According to the consulted sources, the agents have related that they asked the man to tie the animal, but that he did not, and there was a first attack to the policeman, who bit him in the elbow when he tried to repel him, although it was only an injury mild.
Then the patrol distanced itself from the man and animal waiting for reinforcements, and it was at that moment when they saw that the owner was saying something to the dog as if to incite her and then the dog went towards them at full speed, so the police opted, to protect his integrity, to shoot him.
The consulted sources assure that the urban ones did not know the owner of the dog, but that later they could verify that it had had previous incidents with the police, that have been contributed to the cause.
Sota dog killer city guard guilts fear
«Contradictions»
The lawyer of the owner of the dog, Ines Guardiola, has explained to the media that there are "contradictions" between the two agents and the overcrowded: about how the incident starts with their client, since a dog that is not of dangerous race You can go without tying in Barcelona.
He explained that on Monday there were also two direct witnesses to the events, who were protected, but who finally had to renounce them because a defense resource has been estimated and the protection has been lifted, and they do not want Declare for "fear of possible reprisals."
Two other witnesses who arrived after the shooting did testify, and have explained, according to this lawyer, that the dog was on the ground for an hour, and that no one was sure if she was dead.
The necropsy of the animal indicates that the mortal wound has no trace of minerals and soot; the lawyer explained that they will ask to clarify if the dog was "near or not" the agent at the time of the shot.
The owner of the dog, Tauri R., explained when he declared on June 26 as a whistleblower that his animal was calm and that he was shot.
Animal protest
At the gates of the Ciutat de la Justícia, a score of people have gathered to shout 'Justice for Sota' and with placards with messages such as 'As long as they do not have a voice, you will not stop listening to mine!' and 'All lives protected by law'.
The founder president of SOS Animals Maresme, Toni Solana, explained that for his entity the case of the bitch Sota "was a murder", and that they believe that against this type of facts there must be a criminal trial and that people who do Damage to animals must be condemned.
He said that, according to them, "a policeman shot an animal that bit him" and that instead of helping him because he was suffering, they left him on the ground to die.
"We are aware of what the animal protection law is currently, but if this can be used to take a step forward and change this law and that animals are not objects, but are protected as living beings, is what we want », He has argued.