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TRAM has renewed its collaboration agreement with the Altarriba Foundation to finance part of the Sense Sostre project, which covers the basic and health needs of homeless people’s pets living on the streets of Barcelona.

TRAM's financial contribution has made it possible to guarantee care for more than 50 animals for identification, vaccination, deworming, neutering and other interventions for a symbolic price or free of charge, as those responsible for them are people in vulnerable situations.

The organisation's volunteers also offer workshops and seminars in civic centres and in the street to inform about the basic general care of a pet and to provide information about their solidarity services.

The Altarriba Foundation has developed the project of the first solidarity veterinary centre for the animals of vulnerable people. It currently has two professional veterinary centres where the animals are cared for and also manages a shelter where they can be temporarily sheltered in case of need or to initiate the process of permanent adoption in the event of the death of the person responsible.

It should be remembered that winter is the worst time of the year for homeless people because they are exposed to low temperatures and the centres that can take them in at night do not let their pets in, a request that the Altarriba Foundation has also fulfilled for years. This means that many homeless people prefer to expose themselves to the elements, with all that this entails for their health and safety and that of their animals.