Pilar García-Trevijano
Granada
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 09:45
Animal welfare organisations in Granada province have complained to the Junta de Andalucía and to Seprona, the animal welfare and surroundings safety department of the Guardia Civil, concerning the state of the services and the dogs at Motril’s municipal animal shelter.
The teams declare that the corporate at present contracted to run the service is failing to adjust to the laws. The shelter has been run by the identical firm for almost a decade and it was the one one to answer a brand new name to tender.
Gema Palma, head of SOS Animales Salobreña, mentioned she regrets that the corporate, which has been topic to complaints in different municipalities in Spain, has each probability of getting its contract renewed. In August 2023 Motril city corridor terminated the contract with the corporate that runs the shelter on account of poor upkeep of the services, which cost Motril taxpayers round 145,000 euros per 12 months.
Veterinary care obligation not fulfilled
Palma insists that the duty to offer veterinary care to the animals that want it’s not being fulfilled, particularly when animals are first taken to the shelter that visibly want pressing well being care. Similarly, SOS Animales Salobreña factors out that the kennels the place the dogs are housed don’t meet the minimal necessities as there are sharp wires that may simply trigger harm.
“We know that within the final 12 months a number of dogs have died within the services attacked by different dogs. In addition, dogs catalogued as probably harmful are given up for adoption with out requiring the compulsory licence to have the sort of breeds,” the organisation factors out in its criticism.
Extended contract
The Motril department of the PSOE socialist social gathering has additionally reported that the corporate was working with a contract which had been prolonged for 4 years, which is why the city corridor additionally determined to place the contract out to tender once more and adapt the circumstances of the tender to Spain’s new Animal Welfare Law.
Motril city corridor advised Ideal, SUR’s sister newspaper, that the corporate was the one one to use for the tender. When the tender was revealed the division accountable for the shelter contacted a number of corporations, however none of them responded to the decision.
The city corridor insists that it should proceed with the method as a result of the corporate meets the necessities. If the contract is awarded to the corporate in query, the city corridor maintains that it’s going to stay vigilant to make sure that the care given to the dogs is enough.
In 2020 Seprona opened an investigation for animal abuse, abandonment and fraud on the municipal shelter. However, sources from the Guardia Civil say that in essentially the most recent inspection there was “nothing to report”. Ideal has contacted the Junta de Andalucía and the administration firm with out success.
