The Department of Animal Welfare of the City of Totana, through municipal veterinary services, has processed a total of 12 license files for the possession of potentially dangerous animals, valid for a period of five years. be renewed for successive periods of equal duration.
During 2017, 15 files in this area were accounted for, while in 2016 a total of seven licenses were processed.
These procedures are carried out by virtue of the ordinance regulating the possession and protection of animals, which are granted, prior reports of 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 the license granted the accreditation of having formalized a civil liability insurance for damages to third parties with a coverage not less than 120,000 euros, certificate of physical and psychological capacity and photocopy of the sanitary record, which includes the annual mandatory rabies vaccination of the animal.
The animal classified as potentially dangerous, in places and public spaces, must be driven and controlled with a non-extensible chain or 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 racial typology of each animal.
In addition, the presence of potentially dangerous animals in public spaces will require the person who drives them and controls that they carry with them the administrative license granted, as well as certification certifying the registration of the animal in the Municipal Registry of Potentially Dangerous Animals.
