The City Council "calls on the owners" of dogs not vaccinated against rabies to do so before August 31, this being a time "conducive" to carry it out.
On day 13, the mayor, Juan Miguel Benedito, signed a side with this provision also recalls that the rabies treatment is mandatory for all dogs over three months and is recommended for cats.
Rabies, remember this side of the mayor, is one of the diseases that animals can transmit to humans "in the world."
Caused by a virus that infects animals and is spread to people through contact with saliva sick either bite or direct contact with mucous membranes, mainly.
"Because rabies is preventable through vaccination," continues the text prepared with the information collected by the Municipal Veterinary Service, "should be tried by every means to avoid or reduce the transmission of animal diseases affecting humans or other animals, and control the dog while the municipal census. "
Moreover, the side also recalls that the identification of these animals by microchip "is mandatory at the latest within three months from the date of birth, or one month from the acquisition of the animal."
Finally, the paper calls "the collaboration of clinical veterinarians to report" such obligations to dog owners.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Yecla