Octavio Pérez Luzardo, VMD, Ph.D., has specialized in Analytical Toxicology, Ecotoxicology, and Risk Assessment. Since 2016, he has been Professor of Toxicology at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), teaching at the Faculties of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine of this University. He is also Head of the Department of Clinical Sciences of the ULPGC. He has supervised 14 doctoral theses since 2005 and 10 master's theses and final degree theses. He is the author of nearly 200 publications, with a total of 156 publications with an impact index. During the last few years, he has also specialized in the integrated management of community cat populations, acting as advisor to the Spanish Government during the processing of the law 7/2023 on the protection of animal rights and welfare and the development of its regulations. In relation to this, he has appeared twice in the Parliament of Deputies as an expert and is responsible for a research agreement between the ULPGC and the Government of Spain to obtain data that allow the generation of technical documentation and protocols for action for public administrations in Spain. In relation to this subject, he is also the author of several scientific, technical, and informative publications, as well as being responsible for two postdoctoral research contracts.