In what has been described by one animal activist as “a barbarous act of extreme cruelty,” a Guadalajara man last weekend set fire to eight puppies, killing them all.
The litter of strays was being cared for by the mother in an empty lot in the Tabachines neighborhood in the north of the city.
Last Saturday, a small girl who lived nearby was bitten by the mother as she tried to grab one of the puppies. When her 25-year-old father heard what had occurred, he filled a can with gasoline and hurried over to the lot. He first threw the puppies against a brick wall before dousing them in fuel and setting them alight.
The man’s two daughters witnessed the entire incident.