The Department of Animal Protection of the City of Totana, through the municipal veterinary services, has processed in the year 2017 a total of eight license files for the possession of potentially dangerous animals, valid for a period of five years, And can be renewed for successive periods of equal duration.
Throughout the year 2016 a total of seven licenses were processed under the regulations regulating tenure and protection of animals, which are granted, previous reports of the municipal veterinary services, by the Local Government Board as is mandatory.
The holder of this administrative license must submit at the end of each year of validity of the license granted the accreditation of having formalized third party liability insurance with a coverage of not less than 120,000 euros, certificate of physical and psychological capacity and photocopy of The health card, where the annual compulsory anti-rabies vaccination of the animal appears.
The animal classified as potentially dangerous, in public places and spaces, must be driven and controlled with a non-extendable chain or strap of less than two meters, with no more than one of these dogs per person to be carried, and must carry a muzzle appropriate for The racial typology of each animal.
In addition, the presence of potentially dangerous animals in public spaces will require the person who conducts and controls that carries the administrative license granted, as well as certification proving the registration of the animal in the Municipal Register of potentially dangerous animals.