Stop the killing of homeless dogs and cats in the Valencian Community (Spain)

ARCADYS is an animal defense entity located in Valencia (Spain) operating in the whole Comunidad Valenciana (Valencian Community)

We ask you to support our campaign to change the community local laws in order to forbid the indiscriminate killing of homeless dogs and cats in the shelters of our community, where thousands and thousands of dogs and cats are eliminated every year.

Despite all our efforts (see a summary of our activities below) it's still much cheaper for the local city and town councils to kill the exceeding animals in the shelters than to carry out the necessary measures that would in short-mid term eliminate the cause of the problem.

Therefore we have started a campaign to change the local laws to prohibit the indiscriminate killing of dogs and cats in the shelters, as we think this would be the only way to force the local governments to face the problem and adopt the necessary measures.

For the time being, we have collected 30.000 signatures and presented them to the local government of the Comunidad Valenciana - we are now trying to collect more signatures before the end of the year.

Besides the signatures we have started this support campaign in the web, so that people outside from Spain can also show their backup to our goals. Although these signatures dont have a legal value in Spain they will surely have a great effect in the decision our government will take.

Thank you very much for your support!!

ARCADYS
www.arcadys.org

A summary of our activities:

Our organization doesn't run a shelter; we concentrate on trying to solve the problem by addressing the cause:
- We collaborate with vets for providing low cost spaying/neutering to
the public and carry out TNR activities.
- We organize canine education courses throughout the year and take part in different local and national media (radio, T.V. and press).
- We promote sensitization campaigns to make the people aware of the respect every animal deserves and the cruelty of abandoning.
- We publish a magazine, lecture at schools, and carry out a Companion Animal Assisted Therapy Program in geriatric hospitals to reinforce the value of dogs in our society.
- We also collaborate with the local shelters coordinating rescue groups as well as adoption and foster webs.
- One of our most important activities is the legal defense of animals and prosecution and punishment of abuse and abandoning, which is carried out by our legal department.