# Protest grows over cruelty claims

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From this weeks RTN
 
 ANGRY EXPATS have joined hundreds of outraged animal lovers calling for an urgent criminal investigation of “horrific” conditions at a Costa Blanca animal refuge.
 A string of allegations of cruelty at the Benidorm Sociedad Protectora de Animales y Platas (SPAP) have been lodged with the courts and pressure is growing for a prosecution of those responsible.
 
 And a campaign launched by volunteer workers at the sanctuary past and present is beginning to bear fruit – a petition demanding action has already gathered more than 1,000 signatures, many of them British, Dutch and German as well as Spanish.
 Some 30 official complaints have been lodged with SEPRONA, the part of the Guardia Civil responsible for animal welfare and the environment, and the ‘denuncias’ are waiting to be heard in court.
 
 Meanwhile, campaigners are continue to gather evidence from people who have adopted animals – including accusations that a banned drug was used to put animals to sleep, the muscle relaxant leaving them dying in agony. 
 Full story is at http://www.roundtownnews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31944&Itemid=9