Daimús City Council, a municipality in the province of Valencia with less than 3,500 inhabitants, approved a fee for owning pets in its late December council meeting. The Council passed a fiscal ordinance requiring payment of 10 euros for the initial registration of a pet in the municipal census. The mayor explained that the ordinance will only affect dogs, despite it mentioning pets in general.
The same ordinance establishes that the management and processing of the license for the possession and handling of potentially dangerous dogs will incur a fee of 30 euros, while the collection of lost animals and identification will cost 30 euros for those requesting these rescue services.
The fee provides for a charge of 30 euros for the collection of lost animals and their identification
The municipal agreement, whose content has been reported by the newspaper Levante-EMV and verified by La Vanguardia on the city council's website, came into effect last January.
The municipal ordinance on the ownership, welfare, and protection of animals states that “registration in the Municipal Census shall be done within thirty days from the microchip identification.” Additionally, this registration “shall be carried out at municipal facilities by the owners or possessors of dogs and animals that have been within the municipal area for more than three months in a year, accompanied by a filled-out form including identification elements.”
The mayor of Daimús, Robert Miñana (Compromís), explains to this newspaper that the ordinance only affects dogs, as they are the animals that usually walk on the street and, consequently, may get lost and cause some issues. The mayor explains that the ordinance aims to “ensure the welfare of the animals through this municipal registry, as to register them, everything must be in order (regarding vaccinations and microchips).”
Arguments
The fee is intended to cover the cost of registering dogs in the municipal registry
This registration, according to Miñana, generates administrative expenses for the city council (such as when requesting a planning report) and the aim is to “offset these costs with a fee that is paid only once in the animal's lifetime.”
