Spain is one of European countries with the largest number of abandoned dogs, however, the country offer decisions that provide for shelters, mandatory sterilization, chipping and legislative norms.
Anadolu Agency prepared a dossier called “Homeless Animals in Europe”, which gives practical solutions and legal norms in Europe in relation to homeless animals.
annually in Spain is left unattended or thrown more than 200 thousand dogs, but you will not meet them on the streets.
Consistration of stray dogs and cats is engaged in staffing staff with the support of volunteers. In addition, this issue is usually regulated by autonomous governments and municipalities.
Fernando Sanchez Opan, the head of the Animal Protection Center Arroyomolinos, one of the 24 animals in Madrid, said that “sterilization and socialization” are the only solution to the problem associated with stray cats and dogs on the streets.
The head of the center noted that according to 2022, 360 thousand animals, including about 250 thousand dogs, were abandoned or left on the streets.
“According to the law, the owners of dogs and cats are required to chip them, while those animals that were bred by illegally are subject to sterilization,” he said.