Because animals are often dumped at night, Joke hopes that the recently installed cameras will have a deterrent effect. Yet an animal has sometimes been left on the farm during the day. “Then suddenly a rooster walked in the stable, while animals don’t get into that stable.”
The volunteer is happy that Florien is working on awareness about the purchase of pets. Because according to her, that is desperately needed. She remembers a call from a man who asked if we wanted to adopt a sheep. “He had bought a lamb for his daughter, but did not take into account that it would be a sheep.”
Do you want to get rid of your animal?
People who want to give an animal can go to (wild) reception locations, if at least they still have room. For some animals, the shelter gets stuck, such as last year for turtles at reptile shelter Zwanenburg. Because the largest turtle shelter in the Netherlands (in Friesland, Harkema) also had no place, there was also possible in Zwanenburg No more red -cheek turtle.
Earlier this week it turned out that more and more servals are being dumped, Like last week in Alkmaar. That feline may no longer be purchased as a pet since 1 July last year, but those who already had a serval on that date can keep it until the animal dies.
According to Davine Lambert of the Dierenbescherming, the animals are dumped because of their ‘exotic’ status, but also because not everyone realizes that the animals can grow up. “Many people do not realize that a young, cute Serval eventually grows into a wild predator.”