It's Belle without Sébastien.
Since October, six Pyrenees dogs had been living in an open-air landfill in Carrières-sur-Seine (Yvelines), about a hundred meters from the A14.
Abandoned by their owner, these patous survived all winter thanks to the municipal police, who fed them every evening with the support of a butcher who offered the meat.
“No association wanted to come and pick up these dogs, even if some could have welcomed them.
We were their last chance!
» guarantees Patrick Violas, the founder of La Tanière.
107 kilometers from the horror, volunteers from the zoo refuge in Chartres (Eure-et-Loir) are mobilizing on Thursday February 22, 2024. Around ten board the vehicles to come to the rescue of the dogs with woolen fleeces.
“We discovered a landfill, a shantytown, covered in mud.
It’s a meandering bazaar with a view of La Défense” says Patrick Violas.
In this wasteland, the pack survived among the waste between pieces of glass, scrap metal, and excrement.
Initially, there were seven dogs in this family, but one was shot with buckshot.
Thin dogs, who survive thanks to municipal police
The tribe is particularly fearful, the terrain difficult to pass through.
Volunteers and municipal police officers will scramble to recover the canines, some of which are hiding in a cave, others in makeshift shelters.
“The dogs knew the terrain perfectly, but we didn’t.
It was a real mess,” describes the boss of La Tanière.
Equipped with hypodermic rifles, the healers manage to capture the entire group.
The operation took nine hours.
Since then, the patous have been quarantined at the zoo refuge.
They have severe parasitic infections and one is injured on the forehead.
Everyone benefits from a dietary rebalancing.
“They weigh 40-45 kilos.
They are two and a half years old but are not growing as they should be.
They should be bigger, heavier too, ten to twelve kilos more” explains the specialist.
What future for these survivors?
“They are very close-knit.
I don't know yet if they will be put up for adoption.
It will depend on their behavior.
They're siblings, it would bother me to separate them.
My dream would be that she could wander around the zoo” admits the owner of the place.
The six shepherd dogs could thus watch over a beautiful herd of primates, wild animals, elephants, camels, bears or sea lions.
La Tanière is a sanctuary of fourteen hectares and around 600 animals.
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