The shelter for abandoned animals in Kufin has met all the prerequisites necessary for the start of work and optimal standards of animal welfare protection and will receive its first "tenants" already on Thursday, it was announced from the Municipality of Bar.
This, as they stated, was established during today's commission visit by representatives of the Administration for Veterinary, Phytosanitary Affairs and Food Safety to that facility, which "resolves the issue of taking care of street dogs and cats in the most modern way."
The visit was attended by the president of Bar Municipality Dušan Raičević, with vice-presidents and associates, as well as the director of the municipal company "Lovstvo" Marko Brnjada, who is entrusted with the management of the shelter, and the president of the Board of Directors of the company Aleksandar Markolović.
After visiting the boxes, which can accommodate up to 80 street dogs and 20 cats, as well as the rooms where the treatment, care and sterilization of animals will be carried out, it was announced that the shelter is equipped in accordance with world standards, and that as such it is one of the most representative , not only at the local, but also at the state level.
Mevlida Hrapović, head of the veterinary sector in the Administration, said that the Municipality of Bar, through cooperation with the competent authority in that area, complied with all necessary procedures.
"We hope that the shelter will have successful cooperation with other municipalities and that it will be a good example for other local governments of what a facility should look like, which, for the first time in Montenegro, includes the care of both dogs and cats," said Hrapović .
Ivan Ivanović, adviser for the protection and welfare of animals, also, according to the Municipality, confirmed that the complete prerequisites for the functioning of the shelter have been created.
"Through the field control, we were convinced that not only the minimum, but also the optimal standards were met, and that the shelter, with an administrative building, a veterinary clinic, triage rooms and an isolation area, represents a great solution to the problem of removing abandoned animals from the streets and their adequate care Ivanovic pointed out.
The director of the company "Lovstva" Marko Brnjada reminded that the shelter will operate according to the principle of humane relations recommended by the World Organization for the Protection of Animals "Catch, cure, sterilize and release".
"We received confirmation that we fulfilled the planned activities on the construction and equipping of the shelter in the best possible way. Thanks to the efforts of the local administration, the issue that has burdened the city and the community for many years has finally been resolved, and in the coming period we will be committed to making the shelter a place to socialize with animals and an educational center where we will bring to everyone, especially children, the importance of adequate care for pets and the beauty of adoption", said Brnjada.
During the last month, the shelter was visited by representatives of the World Kennel Federation, who on that occasion got acquainted with the accommodation facilities, accompanying equipment and planned work.
"Expressing their satisfaction with what they saw, they said that the shelter undoubtedly represents one of the most modern facilities and affirmed their openness to future cooperation with the local administration, which can contribute to the creation of even better conditions in this area," the Municipality concludes.
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