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Grandi: "The Administration's commitment to protecting the health and dignity of animals has been recognized and rewarded" - The complete investigation on the Legambiente website

Milan, January 20 2022 – Milan rises to the highest step of the podium among the capital cities, with over 500.000 inhabitants, which have stood out for their regulatory action, allocated resources, services and controls in favor of the health and dignity of animals.  
In fact, it is the Lombardy capital that has been awarded the national recognition "Animals in the city 2021" established by Legambiente, with the best result in all indicators.  
The announcement was made in recent days during the presentation of the survey on the management of animals in Italian cities conducted by Legambiente itself.

"An award – comments the councilor for Green and Environment Elena Grandi – which rewards the intense activity carried out in recent years: from the precious path that led to the approval of one of the best regulations for the protection of animals, to the numerous redevelopment actions of the kennel park of the Municipality of Milan, up to the intense control operations conducted by the local police units to protect the health, well-being and dignity of the animals used in any entertainment activity".

Among the factors that have allowed Milan to climb to the top step of this ranking there is also the lower number of animals present in kennels in relation to citizens with just one dog for every 10.190 citizens, followed by Bolzano (one dog for every 7.703) and from Verona (one dog every 7.402).

Also crucial to the success is the number of dog areas available to citizens, 403, i.e. one dog area for every 3.411 citizens.