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The Councillor for Health, Antonia Lopez, has informed that the aim is not to abandon animals and to increase adoptions. "

The Consistory Lorca has collected in the first half of this year 475 stray animals.

The Councillor for Health of the City of Lorca, Antonia Lopez, has announced that "from now until the end of August, every Wednesday from 11:00 to 13:00 in front of Santa Quiteria Fairgrounds will install a point information, adoption and collection of animals, to try to reduce the number of stray animals and promote the adoption of the animals delivered and collected. "

Lopez has invited citizens who can not take care of their animals to surrender at this point, as well as those wishing to have a dog or cat mainly, to ask here about the possibility of adopting some of those have been delivered or collected.

Antonia Lopez stated that last summer in a similar campaign gave citizens 87 animals and 32 adoptions were made.

784 stray animals collected in 2009

Councilmember of Health also reported that "unfortunately, this year is expected to exceed the 784 stray animals collected in 2009 by the Department, for only in the first half of 2010 have been collected 475, when the summer months are usually be in the most dropouts occur. "

Lopez explained that "in addition, so far this year have had to make 4-rabies controls, whereas in the past year there were three."

Also, the mayor has emphasized that in 2009 collected 12 bodies of dead animals on public roads.

On the other side of the coin, it is noteworthy that last year were 153 adoptions of animals and the first six months of 2010 have already been made a hundred.

In addition, throughout 2009 and 7 animals were claimed, however, from January to June 2010 were claimed five.

7,629 animals identified

Antonia Lopez has been reported that in the municipality of Lorca 7,629 animals are identified, of which 490 are identified in the first half of this year.

Of those, 213 are considered potentially hazardous, 87 of which are licensed.

In 2010 they released 12 of these animals, granting 9 licenses.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca