After years of battles, the new decree on animal welfare is a reality. Spain changes its animal laws
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himAfter years of battles, the new decree on animal welfare is a reality. Spain changes its animal laws
Since yesterday, Wednesday 5 January 2022, in Spain there are new laws that consider everyone animals sentient beings. A great victory that animal rights associations and citizens have been waiting for for some time and that has had a difficult life since 2017, the year in which the modification was proposed.
The decree making changes to the Civil Code, the Mortgage Law and the Civil Procedure recognizes officially animals as beings endowed with sensitivity, able to feel pain e no longer as objects.
owned dogs and cats there are the biggest news: the Spanish government is considering them now almost like the children, legally protected by the new law and protected in the event of divorce of the spouses-masters. These pets can also be heirs in the will, according to the wishes of the owner.
The reform is a very first step forward for a country that maintains the bloody tradition of bullfighting and that legally kills dogs and cats in shelters that cannot find adoption. The protests were certainly not lacking, but animal rights activists and veterinarians hope that through this first bill these barbaric acts can soon be prohibited.
Source: Ministry of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda
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