30 Dec, 2009 @ 22:02
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Pet justice

A VIOLENT man has lost custody of his dog due to ill treatment.
A judge has ruled that her collie-mix must be handed to an animal charity, in the first case of its kind in Spain.

The charity Amigos de los Peros, in Granada, will take care of the dog for two years as a punishment for continual mistreatment.

The owner, a man living in the city, had already been fined 720 euros last year for cruelty to the dog.

But, in November, he was spotted in the street by a member of the animal charity giving the dog “a serious beating”.

A report was quickly filed and the police arrived to arrest the man.

When asked why he had hit the dog, the man said: “He was badly behaved and deserved a serious beating.”

He is now to be banned from having any pets if a new petition by the charity is successful.

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

2 Comments

  1. What’s in a spelling piero, when the most important thing is the way animals are treated here in spain, chill out man! Treatment of animals is improving but it’s got a long way to go. piero, your spelling is not that hot either but you’re forgiven.

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