The FAADA organisation has coordinated the care of nearly 30 people and their animals in extreme vulnerability following the eviction of Catalunya's largest settlement, carried out in Badalona during the Christmas of 2025.
The eviction of the largest settlement of people in the history of Catalunya, executed in Badalona during the Christmas of 2025, left dozens of people in a situation of extreme vulnerability. Among them were families living with their animals who suddenly found themselves without support. Through the Better Friends programme, FAADA was already assisting some of them and intensified their intervention to respond to an emergency that overwhelmed existing resources.
The programme works to ensure that people and their animal companions can access available social resources together, always in coordination with social services, organisations, and the professionals involved. Given the urgency of the situation, it was necessary to act quickly to regularise the health status of many animals through identification with microchips, sterilisation, vaccination, and deworming, thus avoiding new risks for both them and their families.
This work allowed some people to access residential resources without being separated from their animals. An example is P. and her dog Negrita, who, after coordinating the case with the Aspanin organisation and a local veterinary centre, were able to access a residential resource together where they continue to live. M. and her three cats, Domingo, Viernes, and Sharifa, now reside in another resource from the same organisation, after regularising the health status of the animals.
During this process, the Meskeanimals organisation cared for the puppies born during the transition and found families for them through responsible adoptions. Additionally, the Mataró Animal Shelter offered temporary fostering for the most vulnerable cases, allowing several people to later reclaim their animals and others to find a new home through responsible adoption.
In addition to the usual referrals between the Badalona City Council and the Better Friends programme, coordination between social entities and animal protection organisations was made possible thanks to the collaboration of Rosa Trenado, an opposition councillor of the Badalona council.
In total, during the first half of the year, nearly 30 cases were addressed. Each story demonstrates that when working in a network and placing people and animals at the centre, it is possible to find solutions that protect both. Because no one should be forced to choose between having a roof over their head or staying with those who are part of their family.
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