Overview

• Tlalpan presented the Animales Comunitarios program on July 24 as the first borough-level policy in Ciudad de México dedicated to community animals.
• The initiative allocates 1,000 free sterilizations for street dogs and cats in priority neighborhoods from July through December in coordination with AGATAN and citizen collectives.
• The Refugio Circular campaign will transform unused municipal banners into temporary shelters for animals awaiting adoption and distribute them to local refuges.
• Formal collaboration agreements with the Mexico City Agency of Animal Attention and the environmental crimes prosecutor’s office are in the final stages to ensure reporting leads to medical care.
• The program highlights and empowers grassroots caregivers—especially older women—by formally recognizing their role in feeding and sheltering homeless animals.