The ‘Free Vet Services to NGOs’ scheme has been launched for the seventh consecutive year, through which thirteen eligible animal sanctuaries, including two in Gozo, will be benefiting from financial assistance.
Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Animal Rights, Alicia Bugeja Said, explained that the Department for Animal Welfare received thirteen applications for this scheme, all of which were eligible to benefit.
She said that they will be benefiting from financial assistance through a fund amounting to around €75,000. “We understand the good that volunteers are doing and we would like to continue helping them.”
The Parliamentary Secretary continued by saying that, “as a Government we appreciate the great work that is being done by these volunteers who carry out all this because they truly love animals. We are committed to continuing to issue these types of schemes so that we can continue to support and help this sector,” concluded Parliamentary Secretary Bugeja Said.
Director of Animal Welfare, Joseph John Vella, the eligible licensed sanctuaries will be benefiting from rates of €45 for dogs and cats, while there is a rate of €180 for each horse.
The 13 animal sanctuaries that will benefit from the ‘Free Vet Services to NGOs’ scheme are:
Animal Care Malta
Association for Abandoned Animals (AAA)
Carers for Stray and Abandoned Felines (CSAF)
Cats and Dogs Shelter
Dreams of Horses
Gozo SPCA
Island Sanctuary Association
Love for Strays
MSPCA
National Cat Society (Tomasina Cat Sanctuary)
Noah’s Ark
RMJ Horse Rescue
Stray Animals Support Group (SASG).
File photo Gozo SPCA