Pristina plans to separate from 50 euros per month anyone adopting wandering dogs

Bajram Gecaj, adviser to the head of the Pristina municipality of Progress Rama, has announced that those who agree to adopt dogs will be offered free treatment by the capital's veterinarian at the Centre for the Treatment of Eddacak Dogs, which is expected to be functional soon.

We plan that under the regulation we present the possibility of stimulating the adoption of stray dogs, both inside and abroad. For Kosovo owners who agree to adopt dogs, we will provide them with free treatment at any time from the capital's veterinarian, the Centre for Treating the Twin Dogs, which we hope to function very quickly, considering that investing over 500 thousand euros is before completion. The capital has also seen 50-euro subsidy per month for anyone adopting stray dogs”, he said of TIME.

According to Gekaj, besides individual adoption, this subvention would also influence the private sector to build centres licensed by the Food and Veterinary Agency, which could benefit from these subsidies.

The deployment of all of the capital's dogs to a shelter would have cost-free for cities of the most developed Western states, let alone to a country like Kosovo. Therefore, even legally we have no choice but to take all these steps”, he is further expressed.

On Sunday, a two-year-old child has been attacked in the face by a wandering dog in “Mother Teresa” in Pristina. The parent of the child who did not want to be identified has said of TIME that because of the injuries suffered, the child has been sewn on both pages.

Not showing whether they are reported in the case, Pristina chairman's adviser has said it is working that such incidents of stray dog attacks against citizens do not occur in the future.