Dial 17 and explain to the official on the line that a dog has just landed on your balcony.
This is, in essence, the curious moment experienced, Saturday morning, by residents of a building on Avenue de la République, in Nanterre.
Shortly before 11 a.m., they saw a pitbull type dog crash onto their small terrace on the 8th floor of this apartment building.
A dog which of course did not fall from the sky but from the top floor of the building where its owner lives.
According to the first elements collected by police officers from the Nanterre police station, the individual first hit his dog with a stick before throwing him over the balcony.
In custody for animal abuse
“The animal was in an advanced state of thinness and showed signs of abuse,” specifies a police source.
The owner was arrested and taken into custody for animal abuse.
» In the accused's home, the police discovered another dog, also a pit bull, which did not seem to show any signs of abuse.
The two mastiffs were entrusted to the veterinary services.
A few weeks ago, it was the video of a hamster thrown out of the window of a building by a young girl and four of her friends, in Paris, which sparked a wave of indignation.
The 30 million friends Foundation reported the facts on the Pharos platform, before filing a complaint.
In this case, the Paris prosecutor's office opened two separate procedures.
One for abuse and acts of cruelty towards an animal, the other for harassment and death threats against the accused, targeted, since the video was broadcast on social networks.