Marion Zaffinov and Cyril Lelong say they are shocked by the way the foundation removed their animals with the gendarmes on Wednesday morning. They want to explain themselves and demand the return of their dogs. “No way”, replies 30 Millions d’Amis, which maintains its accusations.
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One story, two completely opposite versions. On its website and social networks, the 30 Million Friends Foundation announces that one of its teams has intervened in Brocourt, near Liomer, to ”
save
» five dogs, four cats and two ferrets. ”
All the animals were emaciated, dehydrated and starved. A complaint for abandonment will be filed
“, writes the foundation under the title:”
In cages in the sun or living in the dark, eleven animals saved by 30 Million Friends
“.
The article refers to ”
dogs locked in pairs in cramped cages
“. ”
Inside the cages, it was horror. They were bathed in their excrement, their vomit… It was amazing
“, reports Morgane, presented as”
investigator for the 30 Million Amiens Foundation
“.
Met this Friday at their home, Marion Zaffinov, 22, and Cyril Lelong, 24, give a totally different version. ”
They arrived Wednesday around 8:30 am at my house. They knocked on the door for ten or fifteen minutes; I didn’t know who it was, they came back. There were three or four gendarmes and three women, including one, disrespectful, who said to me: “Either you leave your animals with us, or we will file a complaint against you.” I was shocked, I called my spouse who works at the factory; finally I signed a paper for the cats and the ferrets but not the dogs and we let them go with all the animals
“, she explains.
”
What is abnormal is that no one came to see us before
“, he adds. She shows us pictures of the animals on her mobile phone; we see playful dogs, peaceful animals, apparently happy and well fed.
The immediate neighbours, in the twin house, recognize that the animals were barking (”
they are dogs
“) but ”
other than that, nothing
“. In the street, other neighbors also recognize the barking. ”
Once a dog barked to death at night; it was mid july
“says a neighbor. Nothing more.
“Out of the question” to have the animals appraised
How did the foundation intervene in this way? Were dialogues, a mediation action attempted before triggering this operation? Morgane, the foundation’s investigator, whom we were able to reach this Friday, explains: ”
We intervened on an anonymous report because people are afraid. Last week, we did a scouting, the dogs were caged and the neighborhood reported cats in the house. We organized ourselves upstream with shelters and we went there on Wednesday with the gendarmerie to take stock. We asked for the animal papers because we are sworn (sic), they weren’t in order. » Then, surprised by our questions («
This is the first time that journalists have visited the homes of abusers, I am shocked
“), she refers us to the foundation’s lawyer.
This one, who does not wish to give us her identity, adds: “
She could not tell you that she is sworn because our investigators are not. They asked permission to enter the home and in this case, they obtained it. They asked for the animals’ papers; the owner was not obliged to present them. Then she agreed to give up her animals; she signed a deed of transfer. »
Is it possible to see the animals? To have them appraised by a third party? Will the young couple be able to find them? ”
Out of the question. These animals now belong to us and we will probably file a complaint for mistreatment. I don’t understand that you don’t understand
“, answers the lawyer who specifies:”
If the owners had refused us entry, we would have left and we would have seized the parquet floor which, then, would have given its opinion.. »
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