Sterilising success

TORREVIEJA’S Cat Sterili‐sation Campaign has al ‐ready surpassed 200 cas ‐trations.

The total cost of the in ‐vestment of this campaign amounts to €53.949,15 which will be financed en‐tirely by the city council of Torrevieja who hopes to achieve 1,200 castrations per year.

Since February 21, the Department of Animal Protection of the city of Torrevieja has been de ‐veloping a Campaign for the Sterilisation of Feral Cats.

The campaign aims to control cat colonies and, at the same time, avoid collateral damage that may be generated in the natural and urban biodi ‐versity.

The damage has been mainly caused by existing colonies in the periphery and within the Natural Park of the lagoons of La Mata and Torrevieja and in the Municipal Natural Park Molino del Agua.

The councillor for Ani ‐mal Protection, Concha Sala, highlighted the im ‐portance of the campaign and stressed that initially the contract provided for the castration of 350 cats, managing to increase the contract by 837 castra ‐tions.

The figure may rise to 1,187 castrations per year, indicating that the aim is to achieve a statistic that is close to a certain control of feral colonies in the municipality.