About SIAC
The origins of SIAC
A unified database
Bringing together the data of the owner and the animal helps to combat the abandonment of companion animals.
The Sistema de Informação de Animais de Companhia (SIAC) is the national database for mandatory registration of dogs, cats and ferrets that unified the different databases that existed until then: Sistema de Identificação e Recuperação Animal (SIRA); Sistema de Identificação e Registo de Caninos e Felinos (SICAFE); Sistema de Identificação de Animais da Região Autónoma da Madeira (SIRAM) and later the Registo de Animais de Companhia ou Errantes (RACES).
The Direcção Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária (DGAV) is the entity responsible for SIAC and its management is the responsibility of the SNMV.
SIAC Objectives
As a result of this unification, this new system now includes the identification of companion animals contained in all systems, and ensures the respective purposes:
Regulate the keeping of companion animals, a measure designed to combat abandonment and its consequences for the health and safety of people and the well-being of animals;
Make the existing legal framework more effective to reinforce the responsible ownership of companion animals;
Properly control animal marketing.
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