With the arrival of the new Animal Welfare Lawmany owners of their domestic pets ask themselves the question about what will happen to them now after the numerous changes and adaptations that this law has.
This new standard has been raised with the aim of better protecting domestic animals, which are fundamentally dogs, gatosferrets and certain species of fish and birds.
In addition, this new law has been created with the aim of reduce dropout ratess of said animals and of impose fines of up to 50,000 euros to the owners who abandon to their animals.
Who should take out said insurance?
With the current legislationit is only mandatory to hire this type of policies for dogs considered as “potentially dangerous“. The contract is imposed on them with an insurance that have a minimum coverage of 120,000 euros, regardless of number of claims that the animal could cause.
Modification potentially dangerous dogs
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With the entry into force of this new law, the dogs that until now have been referred to as “potentially dangerous” they will be renamed “special handling dogs”. With the entry of the new Animal Welfare Law, for each one of them, their owners must pay a minimum amount approximately 25 euros. Basically is to hire this new liability policy, but there are also other insurance type.
different types of insurance
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In addition to covering civil liability, they also include accidents that may suffer the petand, in some cases, expenses Basic vet fees for an approximate figure of 100 euros per year.
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By 400 euros a year too there are other type of policies of insurance, which in addition to include accidents, They also include greater veterinary coverage.
The obligation to take out insurance for all dogs allows the obligation disappears of the owners of dogsformerly called dangerous dogs to take out insurance that covers damage to third parties, this decision allows “do not stigmatize” to some Dog breeds.
2023-05-11 11:01:18
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