| The wife of the foundation's
present treasurer and the secretary have followed for some years on the
moves of the woman, which was paid by the city of The Hague to reduce the
number of stray cats by having them neutralized. She was suspected of malpractice.
During one of the hunts we said to each other: "We look like the BVD" (BVD
is the Dutch intelligence service). The foundation's name was derived from
this. We used only the abbreviation until the "Stichting BVD" was founded. |
On October 11, 1987 the cat catcher's
husband was caught by the police in a shaky and draughty shed in Monster,
where a number of dead cats were found in plastic bags, sorted by color,
and some cats still alive were sitting in small baskets in their own shit
without food or water. Hereafter the women was dismissed.
The matter was hushed up. An attempt
by the foundation BVD to reopen the case failed. First the file was missing
at court, when it was finally found, important evidence was missing.
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Because now no organization was
active in neutralizing stray cats, the BVD was founded. It has done the
work for three years without subsidizing and with volunteers only, supported
by donations from the people of The Hague. Finally the foundation Zwerfkat
Den Haag was founded to continue the work. The work of foundation BVD has
since been restricted to the sanctuary for a lot of cats, giving information
by telephone and incidental animal aid. |
Foundation
Bond Verontruste Dierenvrienden (BVD)
