The Communist Association reacts to Kurt: Unfer, treatment of stray dogs from municipalities cannot be done without financial means from the government

This administrative direction determines the conditions and requirements that must be met by the shelters of the accompanying animals to provide proper treatment for dogs and cats at their responsibility.

But, to this initiative, the Kosovo Communist Association has reacted.

The head of this association, Sazan Ibrahimi, in a proposal for Blic newspaper, says that even in the past, even now they demand that the treatment of stray dogs be taken from the central level, adding that when the local level of responsibility is done, financial means must be carried, which has not happened.

The head of this association, Sazan Ibrahimi, in a proposal for Blic newspaper, says that even in the past, even now they demand that the treatment of stray dogs be taken from the central level, adding that when the local level of responsibility is done, financial means must be carried, which has not happened.

The association of Kosovo municipalities, even in the past, but now requires that treatment of stray dogs be done by the central level. Any responsibility that is carried to the local level, even in this case by administrative guidelines where municipalities are required to build shelters, should be forwarded by financial means. In most cases, responsibilities are happening to be carried from the central level to the local level, but not being forwarded by financial means and then these administrative guidelines on the field cannot be found to be implemented”, he says.

Ibrahim points out that during meetings with the group working on planning the strategy for treating stray dogs, they have insisted on and made pledges from the central level, that treatment of stray dogs will be followed by financial means, where the government has not heard association and then on the field is running through implementation.

We as an association in the working group to draft the strategy for treating stray dogs, we've requested, insisted, and made pledges from the central level, that almost any commitment concerning treatment of stray dogs will be forwarded by financial means. It is not random that the central level is not listening to the demands of municipalities, which are being argued and then the implementation on the field is framing”, he estimates.

According to him, municipalities cannot take action until the government has to do the problem itself, co-ordinating with municipalities rather than becoming such administrative guidelines.

The treatment of wandering dogs must be done by the central level because municipalities one by one cannot take action that would improve the situation. This is seen in the past as well as based on our experiences, the experiences of the mayors, it turns out that if we truly want and sincerely want to deal with this problem, this problem should be addressed by the central level, closely co-ordinated with the local level, not such actions, to draw up these administrative guidelines that only carry competence, but not even financial instruments”, adds Saban Ibrahim.

The AKK chairman estimates that some small municipalities cannot build shelters for dogs, while the government's action calls it incorrect, that municipalities can only shoulder responsibilities and not financial means.

“should be taken into account that we have small municipalities that cannot build shelters. Then we have municipalities that complain dogs are moving from one municipality to another, but also from one state to another. We also requested that the central level should address this phenomenon and not just municipalities individually. We as association with municipalities have received many initiatives that have been useful, but financial support is needed. It's very easy from the central level to ask for responsibility from the local level without carrying the means. This is not fair and correct what is happening from the central level”, says Sahan Ibrahimi.