Arrecife now has a definitive Ordinance for the Management of feline colonies

It includes sanctions ranging from financial fines (up to 750 euros in the case of minor offenses, and from 750.01 to 1,500 euros in the case of serious offenses)

June 26 2024 (06:54 WEST)
Updated in June 26 2024 (06:54 WEST)
Jacobo Lemes at the CPA
Jacobo Lemes at the CPA

The Councilor for Health and Animal Welfare of the Arrecife City Council, Jacobo Lemes, reports that the Official Gazette of the Province of Las Palmas has already definitively published the Ordinance for the Management of Feline Colonies, approved by the municipal plenary session last April.

This means, among other things, that people interested in obtaining authorization to feed these animals can now submit their application through the General Registry of the City Council.

Likewise, Jacobo Lemes summons future feeders to an informative meeting that will take place on Monday, July 8 at 6:00 p.m. at the Citizen Participation Center located in Argana Alta.

This Ordinance details the procedures for registration, verification, authorization, signage, controlled feeding, population control and animal welfare in the feline colonies of the municipality, and is a very important document since, as the mayor points out, "we have to respond to the growing proliferation and uncontrolled settlement of cats in the city, with the consequent inconveniences for neighborhood coexistence, the environment, public health and animal welfare itself."

The text thus contemplates various actions aimed at minimizing these annoyances, controlling the feline overpopulation and improving their quality of life, as well as reducing public health and environmental problems.

Among the outstanding measures are: the creation of a register of cats grouped in colonies in the municipality of Arrecife; the protection and management of cats through their mandatory identification by microchip and the CER method (Capture, Sterilization and Return); authorized feeding of cats through a municipal accreditation for feeders/caretakers of controlled feline colonies; promotion of the adoption of cats from socializable colonies and citizen awareness campaigns.

In addition, the ordinance establishes a regime of administrative competences and defines the general conditions for the management of feline colonies, as well as the functions of the responsible and collaborating feeder-caretakers.

In the event of non-compliance with the provisions established in the Ordinance on the Possession and Protection of Animals and the Ordinance for the Management of Feline Colonies, the corresponding sanctions will be applied, which would range from financial fines (up to 750 euros in the case of minor offenses, and from 750.01 to 1,500 euros in the case of serious offenses), to the revocation of the feline colony feeder-caretaker card, depending on the severity of the infraction and its impact on animal welfare and citizen coexistence.

Jacobo Lemes insists on the importance of complying with the regulations to guarantee the welfare of animals and promote good coexistence with the residents of the capital.

"We are committed to the protection of animals and the promotion of responsible policies for the management of feline colonies. These ordinances represent an important step towards that goal and reflect our commitment to the care and protection of animals in our municipality," he says.

 

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