Alzira definitively approves the animal ownership and welfare ordinance

The Alzira City Council has definitively approved the specific modification of the municipal ordinance on the protection, ownership, and welfare of companion animals in the municipality. The official announcement is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Valencia (BOP) number 178, corresponding to September 16, 2026, with the reference 2026/11206. The resolution closes the processing of the regulation and grants it full effectiveness for owners, keepers, and breeders within the municipal district.

The BOP is edited by the Provincial Council of Valencia, and its header for this year is listed as Year CXCIV. The announcement from Alzira is inserted in the MUNICIPALITIES section, on page 2 of the issue, and carries the verification code CSV: BOPV-20260916-178. The gazette warns that the publications appearing therein are the sole responsibility of the sending bodies, in this case, the council of the Ribera Alta.

The definitive approval is the final step in the procedure for drafting and modifying local ordinances, which begins with an initial approval and a period of public information before coming into force. With this step, the modified text is finalized and published for the purposes of its application in the municipality.

What is approved and where it is published

• Issuing body: Alzira City Council.
• Regulation: specific modification of the municipal ordinance on the protection, ownership, and welfare of companion animals in the municipality.
• Type of agreement: definitive approval.
• Official reference: 2026/11206.
• Publication: Official Gazette of the Province of Valencia, number 178, of September 16, 2026, MUNICIPALITIES section, p. 2.
• Verification code: CSV: BOPV-20260916-178.

Scope and recipients

The ordinance refers to three matters delimited by its own title: the protection of companion animals, the conditions of their ownership, and their welfare. Its scope of application is the municipal district of Alzira, and the approved text binds those who live with companion animals in the municipality, as well as those who carry out breeding activities.

The modification does not alter the purpose of the regulation, but rather updates its content through a specific revision, as stated in the announcement published by the council.

Other animal welfare ordinances in the province

The regulatory update regarding companion animals is not an isolated case in the province of Valencia. In the same official gazette, and on immediately preceding dates, other city councils have also finalized their own texts:

• Salem City Council: definitive approval of the ordinance regulating animal welfare, reference 2026/10911, file 2676655C, published in the BOP of September 7, 2026.

The trickle of approvals reflects the process of adapting municipal regulations to an increasingly detailed framework of animal protection and welfare, which the city councils subsequently incorporate into their respective local ordinances.

Impact for residents

With the publication of the final approval in the Official Gazette of the Province of Valencia, the modified ordinance of Alzira becomes the applicable reference in the municipality regarding the protection, ownership, and welfare of companion animals. Owners, keepers, and breeders within the municipal district must now adhere to the updated text, the full content of which is established by the plenary agreement and its official announcement.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Valencia, no. 178, September 16, 2026, MUNICIPALITIES section, page 2 (official reference: 2026/11206).