Mexico City opens large animal welfare center
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The Mexico City government opened the Xolotl Integral Center for Animal Wellbeing and Coexistence in the Venustiano Carranza district. The center will house, rehabilitate, and offer responsible adoptions for up to 600 dogs and cats experiencing abandonment, mistreatment, or vulnerability.
The 50,000-square-meter facility is the largest public animal shelter in Mexico and the second largest in Latin America.
The center includes individual rooms for reactive animals, communal areas, a veterinary clinic with a surgical suite and quarantine zone, and expansive outdoor green spaces. City officials designed the center to support the five domains of animal wellbeing, proper nutrition, a healthy environment, timely medical care, social interaction through play, and a positive mental state, marking a shift in how the city views animals.
Clara Brugada Molina, the Head of Government, also announced she will travel to New York to present Mexico City’s public policies on social housing, water management, and public space recovery at the Urban 20 forum, a dialogue space within the G20. The city plans to build a “Utopia Animal,” a recreational space for citizens and their pets, near the center.
