Forest Police Slaughter 11 Goats

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

It was through a statement that the Portuguese Labor Party (PTP) showed its disapproval of the slaughter of goats carried out this Wednesday, in Curral das Freiras, by the Forest Police. The PTP therefore asks the Regional Government to explain what it considers to be “a cruel slaughter of animals by the Forest Police in the Laurissilva area”.

In the communiqué, the party states that “at issue is the complaint by the Agroecological and Silvo-Pastoril Association of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (AASP), which accuses the Forest Police of abuse of power following the shooting of 11 goats in the Curral das Freiras that were in the area of ​​the Laurissilva forest”.

The PTP considers the released images “shocking”, stating that “our civilizational advance does not tolerate this type of barbaric intervention on animals.

Raquel Coelho, defends another approach to solve this type of problem. “Animals are not objects, nor mere packages of meat in the supermarket”, said the leader. Demanding pedagogical and disciplinary action on the Forest Police.

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8 Responses

  1. Were they pests? Goats will eat almost anything so I wonder were they damaging vegetable plots?

    1. No just the uneducated and corrupted officials killing probably for financial gain ….there was no justification …p

      1. Talking of the uneducated, can I suggest you read what the goat population has done to the Desertas, then read what the Unesco organisation say,
        The Laurisilva of Madeira is an outstanding relict of a previously widespread laurel forest type. It is the largest surviving area of laurel forest and is believed to be 90% primary forest. It contains a unique suite of plants and animals, including many endemic species such as the Madeiran long-toed pigeon.
        I would think an apology for your description of corrupt and financial gain would be in order before the libel writ arrives.

    2. I know some people who will eat almost anything but you can’t just splatter their brains all over the pavement

  2. The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I hold that the more helpless a creature the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of humankind.

    Mahatma Gandhi

    1. Possibly something to do with the lastest monkeypox outbreak ? To be continued

  4. Theres a very high possibility they were grazing in a protected area and after the owners received a number of warning to stop this happening they were culled. Much the same as they are doing / have done on the desertas. Shame the photos are insensitive maybe someone is trying to inflame reaction?

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