Django was a one-year-old Spitz. He died suddenly on November 23, killed by a boxer at the municipal animal pound in Nice. How could this dramatic accident have happened? The town hall mentions failures and demands accountability from its service provider, the Assistance Society for the Control of Animal Populations.
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Django was a little red dog, sweet and endearing. He was obviously also very curious. A character trait which led him to escape from his owners' home on November 23, which led to his downfall.
The young dog found himself 150 meters from his place of residence, but he was lost. He was then picked up by the Assistance Society for the Control of Animal Populations (Sacpa) in charge of stray animals for the city of Nice, then taken to the pound, where he died.
Beyond his worry and today his pain, Django's family does not understand. How could their little dog, so dear to their hearts, end his life in the mouth of a mastiff?
Django was up to date with all legal declarations. It was identified by an electronic chip and registered with the competent authorities and therefore traceable. According to Jean-François Fonteneau, president of Sacpa – contacted today – the young dog was the subject of an unfortunate chain of circumstances.
We assume our responsibility and this is an error of judgment on our part. This small dog should have been placed in a more suitable cage, such as those dedicated to cats for example.
Jean-François Fonteneau – President of Sacpaat France 3 Côte d’Azur
Django arrived on a Saturday around 5 p.m. at the Mont-Chauve municipal pound located on the heights of Nice. The site is not open to the public at this time.
The agent who drops off the dog is not authorized to research potential owners and locks the animal in a box for the rest of the weekend, leaving his family in anguish over its disappearance.
Nice municipal animal pound managed by Sacpa, the Assistance Society for the Control of Animal Populations
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© City of Nice
Django's neighbor is a boxer. The individual cells are screened but communicate via an evacuation channel which allows the cells to be cleaned. It is precisely through this conduit, roughly blocked, that the young Spitz manages to slip through to get to the other side. He won't come out alive.
The family will be contacted on Monday morning to hear about the tragedy that occurred during the night from Saturday to Sunday.
In Nice, Richard Chemla, deputy mayor responsible, among other things, for animal protection, reacted to this accident and shared the family's grief.
Furthermore, he demands accountability from Sacpa, the group which manages the former military barracks which have become municipal pound since 1999.
Shortcomings in responsiveness, care of the animal and securing the boxes likely led to these failures. Our services will once again go on site to assess the installations in question and take action to ensure that this does not happen again.
Richard Chemla – Deputy Mayor of Nice in charge of animal protectionby press release
A speech confirmed by the President of Sacca. Jean-Francois Fonteneau tells us by telephone that the site has of course evolved over 25 years but that there are still points to improve, particularly on health risks and the security of the boxes.
The president of the group, which manages around forty sites in France and recovers nearly 80,000 domestic animals each year, emphasizes that this type of accident remains, fortunately, very rare.
