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Donkey dies, man charged
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AN obese man was charged with animal abuse in Spain after a young donkey died three days after the man allegedly sat on it at an outdoor Nativity scene.
The 5-month-old donkey named Platero was with other animals in the center of the town of Lucena in Spain’s Andalucia region, as part of Christmas celebrations. On December 10 a man weighing nearly 150 kilos (330 pounds) climbed into the donkey’s pen and sat on the animal’s back to have his picture taken, two animal-rights groups said in a statement.
A photo widely circulated on social media show the man, who wore a blue shirt and green pants, grinning as he poses on the donkey with one hand on his hip and the other hanging onto the wooden fence that was meant to keep him out.
Two days later the donkey was taken to a vet after local residents contacted Lucena town hall to say that the animal was not able to stand, the animal rights groups said. The donkey died the following day.
“Our Platero was literally squashed by a man,” the statement said.
“The man proudly posed with his almost 150 kilos of weight on the fragile body of the animal, fatally injuring him.”
Police in Lucena detained a 38-year-old man over the incident and charged him with animal abuse, a local police spokesman said.
“TAKE CARE OF ANIMALS! Don’t be an ass. ... Show humanity and intelligence. Respect the rules!” Spain’s national police said in a Twitter message that included a link to a story about the case in El Mundo newspaper.
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