Estepona has announced a caller statement connected connection for an expanded animal rescue and protection service, pinch nan purpose of guaranteeing round-the-clock attraction for stray and abandoned animals, peculiarly dogs and cats, arsenic good arsenic maintaining a zero-kill policy.
The scheme responds to nan increasing stray animal organization successful nan municipality and hopes to raise nan number of responsible adoptions arsenic good arsenic raise consciousness against abandonment.
Previously, nan municipality assembly collaborated pinch a section kennel to cod and attraction for animals recovered connected nationalist streets aliases successful cases of abandonment aliases mistreatment successful backstage homes. The caller statement will broaden nan service’s scope and connection broad care, including collection, housing, maintenance, and veterinary attraction for animals, arsenic good arsenic managing authorised feral feline colonies.
The work supplier must comply pinch Spain’s Law 7/2023 connected Animal Rights and Welfare and Andalusia’s Law 11/2003 connected Animal Protection, some of which prohibit animal sacrifice.
The work will run 24/7, including weekends and holidays, pinch a guidelines yearly fund of €210,000. The statement is group for an first two-year term, extendable up to 5 years, and will screen nationalist spaces specified arsenic streets, squares, parks, gardens, and vacant lots.
Estepona has agelong championed zero-abandonment and not having rescued animals put down, peculiarly since nan 2023 nationalist rule came into effect. The assembly besides promotes pet take complete purchasing, arsenic good arsenic supporting organisations for illustration ADANA and different section shelters and organisations dedicated to animal use successful nan area. So acold ADANA is said to beryllium contented pinch nan idea, and pleased that Mayor José María García Urbano has reaffirmed his support for their efforts.