Calvia city council launches funding initiative to handle and sterilise feral cat populations.
€29,500 has been earmarked to help associations and non-profit entities which cope with feral cat colonies in Calvià. The extra €12,000 represents a 40 per cent improve on the earlier finances and is in response to the rising demand and to stick to animal safety legal guidelines.
The help will cowl bills associated to the trapping, sterilisation, and launch of feral cats, together with any obligatory veterinary care. It is destined for entities recognised by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Funding purposes for cat sterilisation
Applications are open till April 24 and have to be submitted on-line, with an in depth report of the proposed actions and a compliance assertion.
There is a factors system to pick out essentially the most possible tasks that are to obtain funding.
In response to suggestions from Socialist Group of Calvia and the SOS Animal Foundation, amongst different stakeholders, Calvia city Council has additionally adjusted its animal safety service charges and prolonged exemptions for non-profit animal welfare organisations.
Legal adjustments for cats in Spain
The Spanish regulation on animal welfare which got here into impact in the direction of the top of 2023 yr makes city halls in Mallorca legally answerable for stray cats, of which there are very many.
Town halls are thus obliged to neuter, chip, vaccinate and look after all strays. This places a burden on them, particularly in smaller municipalities. The solely city corridor to have a vet on its employees is Palma.
