What Animals Can be Kept as Pets?
Listen to this articleWithin the new Animal Welfare Law that comes into force on 29 September 2023, there is reference to the Positive List of Companion Animals. In other words, it is a list of animals that are permitted to be kept as pets, thus there will be some animals that will not be allowed.
IN the run up to the law entering into force, there has been a lot of speculation and misinformation, as is perhaps inevitable, with reports that rabbits can no longer be kept as pets, or that goldfish have more rights than humans, for example, but the truth regarding the list of animals you can keep as pets is that at this stage, we don’t actually know. We have to wait for the list to be published, but it is unlikely to exclude animals we would normally consider suitable, like rabbits, and is more likely to exclude more exotic species.
The reason we don’t yet know is however explained in the law, as it says, “Within a maximum period of twenty-four months from the entry into force of this law, the Government will approve the regulation that develops the positive list of wild animals that can be kept as pets, provided for in Chapter V of Title II”.
So even after the law enters into force, it could well be 2 years before we know the content of that list.
The law also states, “Within a maximum period of twelve months from the entry into force of the aforementioned regulation, the Government will publish the list of species of wild mammals that are included in the positive list of companion animals as established in article 37”.
And finally, “Within a maximum period of thirty months from the entry into force of the aforementioned regulation, the Government will publish the list of species of other groups of wild animals (birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and invertebrates) that are included in the positive list of wild animals. company as established in article 37”.
If you would like more in-depth information, there is a website which has translated the entire legislation into English. You can read the full Animal Welfare Law at animalwelfarelaw.es
In addition, we have partnered with three local companies who can offer you tailor made advice, and provide some of the services which will be mandatory under the new law.
This article was published by our friends at TKO Radio.
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