Overview

• Guardia Civil, with local police and Oliva municipality, found seven horses suffering severe dehydration and malnutrition on a rural plot.
• The owner, a Spanish national with prior animal welfare infractions, was located and admitted to abandoning the horses due to a close family member’s serious health issues.
• The Ayuntamiento de Oliva enacted emergency measures and a specialist veterinarian is overseeing on-site recovery treatment.
• The case files have been submitted to the Valencia Provincial Prosecutor’s Office and to the Gandia Court of First Instance and Instruction No. 3 for legal proceedings.
• Municipal funds covered the initial veterinary care and a court will decide whether the owner must reimburse those expenses.