Corte clarifies animal adoption campaign after criticism: "They are not toys or whims."
MÁS por Palma criticizes the City Council's campaign to promote animal adoption during Christmas, considering that it "promotes impulsive adoptions"
PalmUnder the slogan "Adopt them. They also want a Merry Christmas," Palma City Council launched a campaign on Monday aimed at encouraging the adoption of animals, primarily dogs and cats, currently housed at the Son Reus Municipal Animal Protection Center (CSMPA). The campaign has generated some controversy. The Más per Palma party believes it "promotes impulsive adoptions" and "perpetuates the idea that animals are Christmas gifts."
The initiative is the result of collaboration between the Animal Welfare department, attached to the municipal area of Natural Environment, Healthy Spaces, Markets and Innovation, and the Municipal Transport Company EMT-Palma, which has made its fleet of buses available to the campaign to give visibility to the advertising poster.
The presentation, which took place on Joan Maragall street, was attended by the deputy mayor and councilor for the area, Llorenç Bauzá de Keizer, and the deputy mayor and councilor for Mobility, Toni Deudero, along with staff from the Son Reus center, who came accompanied by two of the animals that are currently in care.
During her speech, Bauzá de Keizer emphasized that pets "are not toys or whims, not now at Christmas or at any other time of year. On the contrary, making room for them in our home is a great responsibility that we must be sure we want to take on."
Regarding the campaign, the councilor indicated that during these festive dates "the message appeals to the need to provide dogs and cats with a stable home, since, despite the effort of the professionals and workers of Son Reus, it is evident that they will always feel better in a house and with a family."
Furthermore, the deputy mayor has given a satisfactory assessment of the adoption figures in Son Reus for the year that is about to end.
Specifically, the 2025 figures show that 560 cats and 280 dogs have been adopted. Currently, there are approximately 90 cats and 80 dogs housed at the Son Reus facilities.