What Law 7/2023 says
What Law 7/2023 says about cat colonies
Legal summary and compliance checklist for municipalities, colony caregivers and associations. What the law requires, what it prohibits and what it protects.
Since September 2023, cat colony management has stopped being a scattered regulatory field. Ley 7/2023 de bienestar animal (Spain’s Animal Welfare Act) devotes a whole chapter specifically to cat colonies: what the municipality must do, what is prohibited and what protects the people who look after them.
This guide translates that chapter into plain language and turns it into a checklist so you can tell at a glance whether your municipality or your colony meets what the law requires.
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What does it include?
01
The four key definitions of the law, in plain language.
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What the law requires the municipality to do.
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What the law prohibits: culling and relocation, with their strictly defined exceptions.
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The obligations of all citizens, not only of those who manage colonies.
05
The municipality’s right to receive funding.
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A one-page compliance checklist.
Who is it for?
- Environment, health and animal welfare departments.
- Municipal technical staff.
- Municipal secretary’s and comptroller’s offices.
- Cat colony caregivers and animal protection associations.
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