The association Rescue Investigation Animal Protection (SEPA) announced that it had filed a complaint against X on Wednesday June 24, 4 days after the discomfort suffered by a dog employed by a private security company near the tower Eiffelreported The Parisian.
The canine in question appeared in a video captured in Paris on Saturday June 20 by a passerby and transmitted to SEPA. Held on a leash by a security agent, in the presence of 2 others, he was in an alarming state; he had great difficulty walking and ended up collapsing.
He was near a car with its tailgate open. He would have spent 2 hours locked in this trunk in the middle of a heatwave, which would have resulted in this terrible situation denounced by the association based in Perpignan (66).
The dog is “doing well” according to the security company, but uncertainty hangs over his state of health
According to the latter, the agents are part of the security company Bybloswho nevertheless affirmed, on Monday June 22, that the man holding the dog on a leash was not one of his employees. The said company also assured that it had opened an investigation, and that “ the dog was able to be taken care of by a veterinarian and is doing well. »
There Eiffel Tower Operating Company (SETE) also expressed herself, indicating “ try to understand what happened with people working at night on the site “.
“They wanted to hide this barbarity, protect the negligent master, stifle the scandal”
On the side of SEPAwe have no certainty about the current state of health of the dog, nor where he is. In addition to her complaint and her call for witnesses, she specifies that she contacted the City of Paris and of CNAPS (National Council for Private Security Activities) regarding the incident.
Other associations have denounced the fate reserved for the dog, including PETA and the Brigitte Bardot Foundation. This highlighted in particular the fact that “ security agents present on site asked witnesses not to film. They wanted to hide this barbarity, protect the negligent master, stifle the scandal “. She recalled, in passing, that in 2024, she “ questioned the Minister of the Interior at the time, Gérald Darmanin, on the dangers arising from the use of dogs by security agents “. We told you about it in this article.