Article 58. Assignment and adoption of companion animals

1. The transfer or adoption of unidentified animals is prohibited under the terms established in this law.

2. The free assignment of any pet must be accompanied by an assignment contract in which this condition is declared.

3. The transfer of dogs, cats and ferrets under eight weeks of age will not be allowed.

4. The adoption of pets can only be carried out by public animal protection centres or registered animal protection entities and must be accompanied by an adoption contract that will contain minimum clauses that will be established by regulation.

5. In those cases in which the adoption is carried out through the intermediation of a commercial establishment, the permanence and overnight stay of the animals in its facilities will not be allowed.

6. In the event that a registered animal protection entity maintains a collaboration agreement with a pet store for the lodging and exhibition of companion animals for adoption, they may remain permanently housed in the store’s facilities under the following conditions:

a) The facilities where they are housed must be exclusively for animals for adoption, equipped with signage that clearly specifies it, in a room separate from the product sales area and that meets the minimum conditions determined in the regulations for zoological centres of companion animals.

b) The adoption will be carried out by the animal protection entity and under its responsibility, without prejudice to the fact that the store can collaborate in the information process and exchange of information between the entity and the adopter.

c) The store will not be able to receive payments neither for the stay nor for the adoption of the animals.

7. The adoption will be carried out with the delivery to the new owner of the animal of all the information that is available regarding its origin, its characteristics and a certificate issued by the veterinarian responsible for the centre in which it is placed. describe the treatments, guidelines and care that the animal should receive, as well as the responsibilities that the adopter acquires.

8. The animals subject to adoption must have received the required preventive or curative treatments, be identified and sterilised, or with a commitment to sterilisation within a certain period if there are health reasons that make it inadvisable at the time of adoption.

9. The adoption will not be in any case the subject of a commercial transaction, without prejudice to the fact that compensation for basic veterinary expenses can be requested.

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