A man at the head of a dog breeder suspected of animal abuse was arrested, reports BFM d'ICI.
The man was arrested near the town of Escale (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) by the Digne-les-Bains gendarmes.
The defendant was in police custody this Wednesday March 20, indicates Rémy Avon, public prosecutor of Digne-les-Bains.
Alongside his arrest, 14 of his dogs were seized and handed over to specialized associations.
The breeder is suspected of malnutrition and mistreatment.
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“We pay particular attention to environmental damage and animal abuse.
We are going to be more and more interested in these phenomena,” assures Colonel Pierre-Yves Bardy, commander of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence gendarmerie group.