Article 39. Functions of the local Administration
1. In the absence of another provision in the regional legislation, and respecting the area of competence established by current legislation, the management of community cats corresponds to local entities, for which purpose they must develop Feline Colony Management Programs that will include, at minus the following aspects:
a) Promotion of citizen collaboration for the care of community cats, regulating, through its municipal regulations, the procedures in which the rights and obligations of the caretakers of feline colonies will be collected.
b) The local administration may collaborate with Feline Colony Management entities duly registered in the Registry of animal protection entities for the implementation and development of the Feline Colony Management Programs.
c) The assumption by the local entity of responsibility for the health care of community cats that require it, always counting on the services of a registered veterinary professional.
d) The establishment of action protocols for cases of feline colonies in private locations, so that their management can be carried out respecting the same specifications as on public roads.
e) The implementation of training and information campaigns for the population of feline colony management programs that are implemented in the municipal area.
f) The establishment of population control plans for community cats, following the following criteria:
1st Mapping and census of cats in the municipal area, for planning and control in sterilisations according to the volume of population that is to be controlled so that it is efficient and prevents the increase in the number of cats.
2nd sterilisation programs for cats through the intervention of a veterinarian authorised for this practice, including ear tagging.
3rd Neighbourhood health program, signed and supervised by a registered veterinary professional, including at least deworming, vaccination and mandatory identification by microchip with municipal responsibility.
4th Neighbourhood conflict management protocols.
g) Any others provided for in the framework protocols of the autonomous communities and cities of Ceuta and Melilla to which they belong, and must, in any case, annually submit to them a statistical report regarding the implementation and evolution of the protocols in their municipality.
h) The municipality must have an adequate place with sufficient and conditioned space for the temporary withdrawal of its colony from community cats in case of need.
i) Local entities must establish regulatory and surveillance mechanisms to carry out the control and sanction those responsible for cats that do not have them duly identified and sterilised and, therefore, that do not implement the necessary measures to prevent the reproduction of their animals with the community cats.
2. The General State Administration will establish subsidy lines in favour of local entities for the fulfilment of their obligations with respect to feline colonies.
3. For compliance with the obligations established in this law, local administrations may seek the support of provincial councils, councils and island councils in the exercise of the powers that correspond to them in terms of guaranteeing the provision of public municipal services.
4. In accordance with the criteria established by the autonomous community in the protocols provided for in article 40, the procedures to be carried out will be established so as to avoid negative effects on the biodiversity of the specimens that inhabit them.
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