The Department of Health is holding an open day at the CETA (Animal Shelter) on Saturday, December 13th, and is launching an awareness campaign about adoptions, demystifying the negative social stigma surrounding potentially dangerous dogs (PPP).
The Department of Health of the San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council, led by Councilor Araceli Armas Cruz, is preparing a new open day at the Temporary Animal Shelter (CETA) with the aim of encouraging adoptions of the dogs housed there among the population.
The event will take place next Saturday, December 13, between 09:30 a.m. and 13:00 p.m., and is expected to be accompanied by an institutional civic awareness campaign aimed at promoting the adoption of potentially dangerous dogs (PPP).
The aim of this awareness campaign is to dispel the strong negative stigma surrounding potentially dangerous dogs (PPP), because this social perception greatly hinders their adoption, leading to their prolonged stay in shelters for years. This has an emotional and physical impact on the animals and results in significant financial costs for the municipality.
In compliance with the Animal Welfare Law, which obliges municipalities to collect and care for animals abandoned on public roads, San Bartolomé de Tirajana is experiencing a serious overcrowding problem at its Animal Shelter (CETA). This facility has a capacity of 22 spaces, and 20 of them are already occupied by potentially dangerous dogs picked up from the street and lacking the required microchip that would allow their owners to be identified.
To solve this saturation situation, and while the new CETA (Animal Protection Center) of the municipality is being built through the Mancomunidad de las Medianías (Association of Municipalities of the Midlands), San Bartolomé de Tirajana is having to resort to external dog daycare centers to comply with the requirements of the Law on the Protection of Animal Rights and Welfare.
“Dogs are not dangerous because of their breed, but because of their history, the treatment and training they have received,” says Mayor Marco Aurelio Pérez Sánchez, who invites citizens to “participate without prejudice or labels in safe, responsible adoptions accompanied by legal and professional guarantees.”
“The adoption of animals considered potentially dangerous has great social relevance. A very high percentage of the dogs at the CETA (Animal Shelter) have remained unadopted for years, highlighting the urgent need to carry out actions that raise public awareness and facilitate their adoption,” says the Councilor for Health.
