Overview
- The La Era de las Aves zoo in Fresno el Viejo offered to take in Pepa alongside three deer already in its care, noting that official services would need to manage transport.
- Asociación Empatía and Fundación Santuario Vegan submitted a written request urging the Junta to rule out sacrifice or any placement in cinegetic reserves.
- The organizations ask authorities to prioritize an exceptional, regularized custody arrangement for Javier, with cession to Santuario Vegan as a secondary, legal alternative.
- A citizen petition backing a humane outcome has surpassed 25,000 signatures, after quickly amassing several thousand within the first two days.
- The Guardia Civil previously cited Javier under Spain’s Law 42/2007 for keeping a wild animal without authorization, and the administrative outcome remains pending.