| Throughout 2019 the municipal veterinary services granted 24 licenses to owners of these animals | The Animal Welfare Department of the Totana City Council, through the municipal veterinary services, has processed so far this year a total of four license files for the possession of potentially dangerous animals, valid for a period of five years, being able to be renewed for successive periods of equal duration.This figure is much lower than the 12 processed during the same period of the previous year, basically due to the administrative slowdown that took place as a result of the weeks of confinement as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In total, in 2019 24 licenses were granted in this matter.These procedures are carried out by virtue of the regulatory ordinance for the possession and protection of animals, which are granted, prior reports from the municipal veterinary services, by the Local Government Board as required.The holder of this administrative license must present at the end of each year of validity of the license granted the accreditation of having formalized a civil liability insurance for damage to third parties with coverage not less than 120,000 euros, certificate of physical and psychological capacity and photocopy of the health card, which includes the annual mandatory rabies vaccination of the animal.The animal classified as potentially dangerous, in public places and spaces, must be led and controlled with a chain or non-extendable leash of less than two meters, without being able to carry more than one of these dogs per person, and must necessarily wear an appropriate muzzle for the breed typology of each animal.In addition, the presence of potentially dangerous animals in public spaces will require the person who drives and controls them to carry the administrative license granted, as well as a certification accrediting the registration of the animal in the Municipal Register of potentially dangerous animals.
