The regions where there is free veterinary care

From Tuscany to Lazio: where you can receive this service

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La visit to a veterinarian It costs no less than 40 euros, but can even double in large cities or among the higher-end professionals. This is a figure that, adding together the various services provided throughout the year, especially when the animals are older, not everyone can afford. Hence the idea of ​​introducing the free vet for families below a certain income threshold.
The free vet is also motivated by the fact that in Italy there is a very sad record: 80.000 dogs e 50.000 cats abandoned every year on the street. One more piece to solve a multifaceted problem. In fact, despite theabandonment of animals is severely punished by law, There are still too many cases of abandonment which can not only be a serious risk to the animal's safety, not used to living on the streets. But also for people if you think for example of a accident road accident caused by a disoriented dog or cat that suddenly decides to cross the road.

How is it possible that, every summer, there are still so many people who, rather than give up their beach vacation, decide to abandon their dog or cat to their fate, those faithful little friends who, every day, fill us with unconditional affection? Yet there are many solutions. In fact, not only there are more and more of them structures who welcome pets, also foreseeing many services designed just for them, but There are also many animal shelters to whom you can entrust your four-legged friends for a certain period.

In this regard, several regions have taken action to help those experiencing economic hardship, but also to prevent such high levels of abandonment from continuing. Among the main regions closest to the cause are:
  • Toscana
  • Lombardia
  • Piedmont
  • Umbria
  • Campania
  • Lazio

In Piedmont there are 16 active social clinics (the first was opened in Biella): here you can do Free veterinary visits, vaccinations, and basic treatments for the animals of those cared for by social services.

La The Tuscany Region has also activated financial support — not exactly a free veterinary service — to help owners cover veterinary expenses (visits, tests, surgeries, medications).
The main conditions for access are:

  • be residents in Tuscany;
  • dog/cat/ferret owner;
  • have ISEE below a certain threshold and, for some measures, minimum age (e.g. 65 years).

A similar service is also available in Lombardy and Umbria.

In Veneto  via the Local AULSS/ATS, the Region manages a Animal Health Veterinary Service, which covers the following activities:

  • prevention and control of infectious animal diseases;
  • fight against stray animals;
  • management of thecanine registry and rabies prophylaxis;
  • protection of animal health conditions in the area.
In Rome, the municipality has begun work on the first public hospital for pets, and construction, although significantly delayed, is well advanced.

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