Recently, Mayor Mikhail Krasnov published on his social networks that officially the budget for 2024 was allocated $582,260,000 for animal welfare.
Faced with the issue, the territorial Secretary of the Environment; Nataly Callejas celebrated the news by stating that the Municipal Council definitely understood the need for the animal welfare unit in the face of all the diagnoses that have been presented in the sessions.
“With this agreement that is celebrated with the Juan de Castellanos University Foundation, we can receive all the emergency veterinary medical care for street animals, but in addition to this, sterilization processes for animals that are even delivered in programs of adoption and other complementary services that may arrive due to the severity of the case that reaches the clinic,” confirmed Callejas.
Regarding these five months of administration, he made reference to the $50 million that was left by the previous municipal administration for the initial animal welfare budget and with that value 80 sterilizations of canines and felines were carried out with the Juan de Castellanos University Foundation for strata 1 and 2 of the La Colorada, Chorro Blanco and Barón Germania villages.
He also indicated that an animal welfare fair was held in the Tunja Recreational Park, attended by 700 people, where 60 sterilization processes were provided that were developed with the Mobile Unit. In addition to having an anti-rabies vaccination and deworming day.
“We had another series of processes, an animal welfare services fair was set up for all those foundations and rescuers that support us in this work, and it was the opportunity to thank them because we have a group of rescuers and animalists who have done a job complementary with the administration and they helped us at that fair. The space was opened and these services add up to the 50 million in management that have been reported via accountability,” the official pointed out.
By: Angélica Vega
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