A few days ago it was first known that The government of the Canary Islands had allowed the hunting of dogs, feral cats and ferrets that can live in the natural environment due to the damage they cause to biodiversity. But after a few hours He said the authorization was revoked.
This news reminded me of other reports in which a law enforcement officer was forced to kill a dog because of its aggressive behavior or because it compromised safety on public roads.
All these cases have one common denominator, as in the Canary Islands case: Absence of animal protection policies and the lack, inefficiency or lack of different animal collection services operating in the area. Neither more nor less.
For this reason, animal collection services Necessary for the protection of animals. The clearest proof of this is that where they don’t work properly, all sorts of problems soon arise and the animals pay for it.
The collection of abandoned animals from public roads, when designed and developed without considering specific actions, succeeds in multiplying its effectiveness in the short, medium and long term and becomes an indispensable working method.
It is also very important to have an infrastructure that does not value its cost or value according to the number of animals collected in one place and can intervene when necessary. I mean, if there are hardly any out-of-hours calls, you don’t need to ask yourself why 24-hour service is needed or see the annual cost based on the number of dogs or cats rescued. This is an error. What needs to be done is to evaluate this type of service in terms of the personnel required to provide it, the tools and preparation required for it, and the money its proper functioning may cost, while also saving a council. The key is there.