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A surprise New Year announcement by Jávea Mayor José Chulbi brought the news that the President of the Generalitat (despite debts left by the previous administration) was abandoning the prescription charge to Insalud clients with an annual income of less than 18,000€. See page 20 for more details in Agenda 21 report
RESCUE DOGS TO BE MOVED AWAY FROM ‘POSH’ HOMES
Jávea Council claim there have been complaints of the noise from barking dogs - and even dog-lovers agree that one dog spending their first night in the Dog Pound is enough to set-off the others, so a new venue is being sought. The closest properties are some of the most expensive in Jávea, on Urbanisation Puerta Fenicia.
The original Dog Pound was located close to the Rio Gorgos, to which stray dogs were taken, after being ‘scooped’ by the dog-catcher with a broom handle with a noose on the end, and shot with a revolver if not claimed within 24 hours. The plot is now used for meteorological record purposes. Conditions improved when Councillor Salvador Ferrer (whose family owned the wholesale bakery on Av. Los Angeles) was given responsibility for the Dog Pound, cancelling the extermination policy, but with 35 dogs housed when he received a warning phone call saying the Generalitat Health
Inspector was on his way, Salvador agreed with Beryl ‘Serena’ Stanyer, that she take in all 35 dogs at her Cansalades Animal Sanctuary - within the hour in return for new ‘Sanctuary’ premises on land provided by Jávea Townhall. The Inspector was impressed and Serena was shown the offered land at Ramblars - with her volunteer friend Jo Stott - but rejected it immediately because access would be cut-off following heavy rain. Guess where the new land suggested by the Townhall is - yes, you got it in one! RAMBLARS? The current ‘Pound’ is in Cami del Sorts, which would make an ideal site to expand the adjacent EcoParque. Volunteers and supporters we have spoken with, who have supported the ‘Pound’ since before APASA was founded, believes the Townhall
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has a “moral responsibility” to provide kenelling which has been funded by events and built by volunteers. The Townhall is unlikely to cover consequential rebuilding needed on a new site, claiming the 45,000€ a year grant from the ‘public purse’ is more than adequate. The official statement issued by the Townhall does claim the complaints are from “owners of a luxury housing development nearby”. Nuisance complaints are not APASA’s only problem, since a change in the legislation governing the Protection of Companion Animals, forces APASA, to accept responsibility for collection and care of all dogs abandoned in Jávea, and to become a zoological centre.
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