Overview
- Mayor Clara Brugada said she will submit a six-point proposal to the Mexico City Congress on Wednesday to launch participatory rulemaking on shelters.
- The framework calls for clear legal definitions that distinguish types of shelters across the city and for a formal registry to track their operation.
- Minimum welfare conditions would align with the five domains in the Animal Welfare Law: nutrition, environment, health care, space for natural behavior, and mental state.
- Reforms would designate suitable locations to prevent neighborhood conflicts over noise or odors, create permanent supervision and verification, and outline government support routes.
- Government secretary César Cravioto said Refugio Franciscano asked to present adoption protocols, and he stressed that a court-ordered return of the property would not allow dogs to go back to the previous conditions.