The mayor of Tacoronte, José Daniel Díaz (NC), announces that its government group (formed by NC, PSOE and Sí se Podemos) plans to improve the management of the municipal kennel in 2022, with a contribution that will be around 25,000 euros, and that they will solve the problem of the debts that you have accumulated the Dogcan collective in the purchase of feed to feed abandoned or lost dogs in the municipality during 2021.
Díaz thus responds to the harsh criticism of his former government associate, the non-attached mayor Sandra Ramos, who maintains that “the continuity of the management of the municipal kennel of Tacoronte is in danger due to the abandonment and deception suffered by its managers by José Daniel Díaz and Antonio Gil, mayor of Health ».
Sandra Ramos echoed the “desperate appeal” that the Dogcan entity made through the social network Facebook, at the end of December, when it denounced that it had been able to cope with the feeding of the animals that have been accommodated in the shelter “thanks to the good predisposition of a company in the municipality »that had provided facilities, but due to the total amount of the debt, it could no longer continue to supply the feed with which they fed to the 47 animals that live in the municipal kennel facilities.
The City Council of Tacoronte assures that it will intervene in the matter of pending invoices for the purchase of feed for the dogs
Jose Daniel Diaz considers that the start-up of the municipal shelter, “which had been closed for almost six years,” had to be precipitated by the closure of the White land by the Tenerife Council, at the beginning of 2021. «With that entity we had an agreement to solve the problem of abandoned animals and that forced us to start hastily. However, despite everything, in all these months the kennel has worked well ”, he values.
To guarantee its proper functioning, the tacorontero government advocates including in the local budget for 2022 an item of about 25,000 euros so that Dogcan can serve the service with more guarantees. Meanwhile, José Antonio Gil has contacted the feed company to resolve the problem of the debts incurred in relation to food.
The non-attached councilor Sandra Ramos considers that the facility is in a “critical situation”
For Jose Daniel Diaz, the kennel service has been “exemplary” during 2021, “despite the fact that it had to start from scratch, after the closure decreed by the previous government.” And it highlights actions such as the reception of “a significant number of animals affected by the volcanic eruption of the island of La Palma», As well as the work of the volunteers who collaborate with its maintenance. Despite the criticism, the mayor applauds the management of the Dogcan collective and assures that “there will be no shortage or food problems. The animals are well cared for and fed and we have a contract with a veterinary clinic to cover their needs.
Sandra Ramos He has been interested in the management carried out in this service and understands that “it is important to attend to the situation in which the abandoned animals are found in our municipality in an effective way and with guarantees”. In his opinion, “the necessary continuity and stability have not been given to this municipal competence since it ceased to provide it. the protective Apram many years ago ».
