Defective animals are sacrificed after Brumadinho dam has broken down | Minas Gerais

The release also states that "at any time the authorization of the military office of the governor / state coordinator of civil defense for the slaughter of animals so random or by methods contrary to standards ".

Also in a note, the federal highway police, who operates on the site of the tragedy, said that Monday (28), one of his teams had flown over the area in search of animals. "According to the protocols established for this type of situation, the team was accompanied by veterinarians who carried out the badysis and case detection," the text says.

The statement states that "unfortunately, when sorting animals, it was found that three particular cases of cattle were mired in the mud, in a state of exhaustion and fracture of the limb". "After badyzing the veterinary team and considering the impossibility of adopting other measures, the decision was made to proceed with the euthanasia of these animals.The procedure was supervised and supervised by the veterinary team under the coordination of the command of the rescue operation. "

On Tuesday, Lieutenant Pedro Aihara, spokesman for the Minas Gerais Fire Department, said that "in some cases, the rescue is not viable because of the suffering of the l 'sauvetage [[[[[[[[[[[animal"

"It is more interesting to opt for euthanasia.For some animals victims of fractures and perforations, it is unethical to insist," Aihara said. "We follow the determinations and regulations: slaughter is only done after a very thorough badysis and when it is duly authorized, it is usually administered by lethal injection, but other specific situations need to be met. to be badyzed. "

Animal deaths in Brumadinho have claimed lives after activists criticized social networks. The activist Luisa Mell, from the city of Minas Gerais, published a video on her Instagram account Tuesday in which she said: "It's explained, that's right, why did not I?" we not left in the helicopter? " They did not want to save the animals, they wanted to murder, which is what they do … by shooting from the helicopter. "

To date, more than 26 animals have been rescued and are receiving care.The Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) and other agencies accompany it.The Civil Defense says that they are taken away in a site of the region where they receive treatments, food, medicines and are badisted by veterinarians.

The Civil Defense of Minas Gerais informs that there are live animals in the affected areas. " receive food, water and care, until they can be saved, "the statement said.

The Brumadinho Tragedy

The tragedy is due to the rupture of a dam of the Vale mining company in Brumadinho, in the metropolitan area of ​​Belo Horizont e.

To date, there have been 65 confirmed deaths – 31 victims have been identified. Officials say the death toll should increase. It is also missing 288 people.

The tailings dam, which was in the Córrego do Feijão mine, broke out on Friday (25). The muddy sea swept through the local community and part of the administrative center and cafeteria of the valley. Victims include residents and employees of Vale. Vegetation and rivers were affected.

• 65 confirmed 31 identified (see list)

• 288 missing (see list)

• 19659015] 390 Located

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The court decided on Monday (29) that Vale would save the affected animals. According to the Court of Justice of Minas Gerais (TJMG), the mining company must hire or provide "qualified personnel, medicines, food, machinery and any other appropriate means for the rescue, reception and treatment of animals suffering. "

The work should be done in parallel and should in no way disturb the performance of firefighters in the rescue of human victims. The judge also imposed a fine of R50,000 per day and an incursion into the offense of disobedience in case of non-compliance.

Even five days after the dam broke, many animals are still alive in the rubble of the disaster, in the mud. On Monday, a cow spent the day on the side of the firefighters while they were working to save the bodies on the site where a bus was found buried.