O Animal Intervention and Rescue Center (IRA) You can now use sirens and blue beacons when traveling for animal rescue operations. Portugal recognized it as a protection and relief entity with priority vehicles.
This way, the non-governmental organization’s vehicles will be able to use audible warnings (sirens) and blue lights during “traffic and circulation”. Thus, they have “greater immediate response capacity” in animal rescue operations.
For the president of the IRA, Tomás Pires, the Institute of Mobility and Transport (IMT) recognize the organization as an entity of protection and assistance with priority vehicles is a “historic step” in animal defense and protection.
“It is another step in the progress of national animal defense, elevating Portugal to the level of countries that formally recognize animal protection and assistance as an integral part of collective safety and well-being”, he states.
Numa publication on social mediathe person responsible reaffirms the “commitment to continue serving Portugal and all living beings” with professionalism, dedication and mission spirit, honoring the trust that the State and civil society place in the organization.
“This recognition is not just a victory for the IRA, but for all who believe that the animals must have the right to a rapid and effective response andm emergency situations. Portugal thus asserts itself as an example of modernity, humanity and compassion”, adds the president of the IRA.
O Animal Intervention and Rescue Center, created in 2016, currently has three delegations and more than 60 employees and has been operating, since 2023, in conjunction with Civil Protection. It receives dozens of complaints every day.