Gijón is one of the Spanish cities with the most public spaces open to dogs, which can access El Rinconín Beach throughout the year. On San Lorenzo they are allowed to take their pets down from stairs 2 to 8 between October 1 and April 30.
The controversy is served since to the charcoal stains that frequently cover the westernmost end of San Lorenzo is added the presence of hooks fishing on the beach. Various dogs they have turned out wounded by nailing them and their owners, they continue to collect props between the municipal corporation to tackle this problem.
“We are simply requesting that these irresponsible fans that having the wonderful coast that we have and the wide extension of San Lorenzo with more than 20 stairs, they have to go fishing surrounded by dogs, those dogs work by instinct “he concludes.
And it is that some users of the beaches of Gijón who walk their dogs along the San Lorenzo beach or the promenades of Poniente and Arbeyal, continue to denounce that beach fishing enthusiasts leave their dogs within the reach of their hooks or they are left abandoned and that is generating accidents that have become very serious.
In case of Pepper It was the last straw, since the operation to save his life cost 800 euros and the fisherman did not even give his details to the owner. “Not all families can afford an expense of this type,” he points out. Esther Caserza which asks that the organizations to which it is responsible have insurance that covers possible mishaps derived from fishing activity, either in citizens or in dogs.
Also speaking, this owner of a dog named Truffle, whom on several occasions has had to remove a hook from his mouth and even take the veterinarian to have it removed, of environmental responsibility for the abandoned hooks that go to the beaches or walks damaging birds, people and dogs.
The Department of Animal Safety of the City Council of Gijón, assures SER Gijón, that they have spoken with the fishermen to recommend that they be more careful but that in no case is going to prohibit fishing.
Carlos Fueyo has insisted that “what we ask is that these fans be asked to try to position themselves after stairs 8. We have our obligations as dog owners, if a dog destroys a cane we have to pay for it, for that we have insurance. to have some kind of responsibility when such serious events occur, what they cannot do is always blame the owner and the dog, “he recalled.
They do not understand why they are allowed, or even how they decide to fish surrounded by animals and walkers. They are also surprised by the absence of a time limit for fishing activity, allowed “from sunset to sunrise”. They have never asked for fishing to be banned but it is true that fishermen have insurance to take over, they reiterate.
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