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A summer, the protective 4 feet and the City of Jumilla want to influence awareness when having an animal as well as the importance of sterilizing pets, and to denounce the high number of retirements that have occurred in recent weeks in the town.

Since the protective point. "The truth is that in recent years and no animals only leave during the summer months, but now leave continuously throughout the year In fact, according to a study by the Affinity Foundation, main cause of abandonment in Spain are economic reasons, 16.1% of cases, corresponding to dropouts by 1.2% vacation. "

"Still, this summer is being chaotic, as they have appeared many puppies and cats as well as a large number of elderly dogs. In addition, animals that gather get totally dehydrated, without food and in very poor condition, with wounded in the legs by heat, and full of fleas and ticks "indicate from 4 feet, adding that" animals collected between January 1 and June 30 were 142, 90 which have gone to the shelter and 52 foster homes. "

Likewise, emphasized: "For our part we will continue to emphasize the importance of spaying because 75% of the animals that we collect are puppies under six months In addition, we also want to remember that the association helps in certain cases. to afford the sterilization of your pet to people who do not have sufficient financial resources to meet the costs of that operation. "

Also commented that "having an animal is a compromise, because that animal becomes part of your family, and therefore will need physical, medical and emotional care is not a toy unfeeling. And as for the summer, there are many options such as kennels, dog walkers, the shelters, leaving your pet with a friend or relative, or choose hotels or apartments that support animals, something that is growing every year due to demand " .

On the other hand, from the animalist association was distressed by the low number of shelters there right now, "because it is very important for certain cases that should not be in the shelter as puppies, dogs ill, newly operated dogs, etc. "and encourage jumillanos to be the temporary home of a dog.

Meanwhile, the council responsible for the Municipal Hostel, Pilar Martinez, stands out: "We must be responsible when adopting a pet and whether you can attend to you as you deserve or will not have time for it, ie, we must analyze the consequences have a new member in the family. in addition, abandon an animal is a crime and we from the City of Jumilla fight against it. "

Similarly, the councilman, who has remarked that every three minutes a pet in Spain is abandoned, recalled that in what goes of year, the City Council has conducted and participated in several awareness campaigns and awareness, specifically, a campaign of microchipping, sterilization and waste collection.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla