‘These dogs should not be in Cyprus’

People are not always kind to their animals in Cyprus.

In the last few months, we’ve seen a dog dragged behind a car, a kitten beheaded in a Yeri cemetery, and a Chihuahua covered in sulphuric acid.

These were all deliberate incidents, reprehensible acts carried out by what one can only assume were those devoid of respect for life. But even those of us who would never dream of purposefully harming a living creature may sometimes get it a little wrong.

Especially when...