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  1. DatasetTopic: Companion animals: census, abandonment and adoption

    Animals entry and exit number in Barcelona Pet Animals Welfare Center (CAACB)

    Ajuntament de Barcelona (Medi Ambient) (2026). Open Data BCN.

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    Monthly series of dog and cat intakes and outcomes at the Barcelona municipal animal shelter.

    • Open data
    • Companion animals and welfare
  2. ReportTopic: Companion animals: census, abandonment and adoption

    Estudio "Él nunca lo haría" 2026 (datos de 2025): abandono, pérdida y adopción de perros y gatos en España

    Fundación Affinity (2026). Fundación Affinity.

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    Annual study on the abandonment, loss and adoption of companion animals in Spain (2026 edition, 2025 data).

    • Regulations, plans and institutional documents
    • Companion animals and welfare
  3. Scientific paperTopic: Health, zoonoses and One Health, Companion animals: census, abandonment and adoption

    Outdoor roaming of owned cats elevates risk of zoonotic pathogen exposure: A global synthesis

    Wilson, Amy G.; Wilson, Scott; Marra, Peter P.; et al. (2026). PLOS Pathogens.

    DOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1014160

    Global synthesis on outdoor access for owned cats and exposure to zoonotic pathogens.

    • Health, zoonoses and One Health
  4. ReportTopic: Regulations, plans and institutional documents, Companion animals: census, abandonment and adoption

    Reglamento (UE) 2026/1818 del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo, de 17 de junio de 2026, sobre el bienestar de perros y gatos y su trazabilidad

    Parlamento Europeo y Consejo de la UE (2026). EUR-Lex (DOUE L, 10.8.2026).

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    Official text of the European regulation on the welfare and traceability of dogs and cats.

    • Regulations, plans and institutional documents
    • Companion animals and welfare
  5. DatasetTopic: Companion animals: census, abandonment and adoption

    Madrid Salud. Estadísticas Centro de Protección Animal

    Madrid Salud / Ayuntamiento de Madrid (2025). Portal de datos abiertos del Ayuntamiento de Madrid.

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    Half-yearly figures from the Madrid Animal Protection Center: intakes, adoptions, sterilizations and pick-ups.

    • Open data
    • Companion animals and welfare
  6. DatasetTopic: Companion animals: census, abandonment and adoption

    Nombre d'animals de companyia censats a Barcelona (Number of pets taken a census of in Barcelona)

    Ajuntament de Barcelona (Medi Ambient) (2025). Open Data BCN.

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    Cumulative census by district of companion animals registered in Barcelona, Spain (annual CSV files).

    • Open data
    • Companion animals and welfare
  7. DatasetTopic: Companion animals: census, abandonment and adoption

    Censo de animales domésticos por distrito (Madrid)

    Madrid Salud / Ayuntamiento de Madrid (datos del RIAC, Colegio Oficial de Veterinarios de Madrid) (2024). Portal de datos abiertos del Ayuntamiento de Madrid.

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    Annual census of domestic animals in the city of Madrid, by district.

    • Open data
    • Companion animals and welfare
  8. ReportTopic: Regulations, plans and institutional documents

    Ley 7/2023, de 28 de marzo, de protección de los derechos y el bienestar de los animales

    Jefatura del Estado (2023). Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE-A-2023-7936).

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    Official text of the Spanish national law on the protection of animal rights and welfare.

    • Regulations, plans and institutional documents
    • Companion animals and welfare
  9. ReportTopic: Companion animals: census, abandonment and adoption, Regulations, plans and institutional documents

    Terrestrial Animal Health Code, Chapter 7.7: Stray dog population control (archived version, 2016)

    OIE / WOAH (2016). WOAH (versión archivada del Código Terrestre).

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    Chapter 7.7 of the WOAH Terrestrial Animal Health Code on stray dog population control (archived 2016 version; in 2022 WOAH replaced it with the chapter "Dog population management").

    • Regulations, plans and institutional documents
    • Health, zoonoses and One Health
    • Companion animals and welfare