Today, March 23, 2016, is commemorated in the United States National Puppy Day . In the North American country each State has a different jurisdiction with respect to animal protection .
One of the agencies to ensure compliance with the laws is the Humane Society of the United States which, according to its website “works to combat animal cruelty in all its forms and seeks to engage citizens to promote the protection of animals”.
in fact, according to figures released by National Geographic, US “90% of owners consider their pets as part of the family.” In addition, possession of dog and cats has multiplied since the sixties, and although they are still considered as a “property”, have certain rights.
in Ecuador, on October 1, 2015 was established that the proposal from the Organic Law on Animal Welfare (LOBA) is part of the Organic Code of the Environment (COA). That day, this set of laws was discussed in the first debate in the National Assembly.
According to Pedro Bermeo , spokesman LOBA, dogs and cats are the most considerations have within the proposal, it says, “are the closest to humans”. However, with the include LOBA on the COA, some of the proposals.
modified promoters Law have fought for the inclusion of a testing process behavior for dogs “dangerous” or “potentially dangerous” – laid down in Article 34 of the she-wolf. This ensures Bermeo, had served in the case of Atena pitbull who was sacrificed in December 2015, after in February killed a minor.
This article establishes the “obligation to make a test behavior “to that- dogs among other aspects had attacked a person or another animal. Bermeo ensures that the LOBA proposes that the dog pass “for etológico process. This serves to remove myths pitbull and other races being euthanized. “
According to the animalistic,” the problem is not that the race be more aggressive, “but they are stronger animals that need socializing. “There chiquitos dogs are very aggressive, probably more than the pit bull, but the dogs of this breed can hurt you more than a small one.”
Another proposal is the recognition of animals as subjects obtaining rights . Luis Avila, adviser to the office of the Public Defender, that he, along with several groups of animal advocates are “a struggle” so that the animals be formally recognized as subjects of law.
in fact, the Organic Code of Criminal Integral (COIP) – in force since August 2014 established in Article 249 as a violation of the cause damage or death to animals. This section animals that are not intended for human consumption, ie the company is concerned. Under this article, abuse is sanctioned with a penalty of 50 to 100 hours of community service, while if it becomes cause the animal’s death can cause a sentence to imprisonment of three to seven days.
Despite this, the animalistic promoting LOBA believe that the current legislation has some gaps in Right Animal and is precisely why some cases go unpunished.
An example of this is the case of Sweet who came to the clinic Ecuador Animal Protection (PAE) on Monday March 7, 2016. the doctors determined that her vaginal and rectal tissues were “totally destroyed” and concluded that he had been the victim sexual abuse .
in the United States, according to the Legal and Historical Animal Center at Michigan State University (MSU for its acronym in English) there are 34 states that condemn relations sex with animals (bestiality). In the years 2011 and 2012 judgments against two men in Ohio and Louisiana, they had sex regularly with their dogs were issued. Both received allegations of animal cruelty.
Meanwhile, in Ecuador, the case of Dulce could go unpunished since there is no legal figure that speaks specifically of bestiality. Although the dog died after the sexual attack, found the guilty they could be capital punishment described in COIP for having killed, but not by the act of keeping sex with the animal.
When released the case, Lorena Bellolio, director of PAE, said that this event showed a empty legal that persists in the country. Bermeo also agrees that a law should prohibit bestiality. This would be “a huge benefit compared to dogs and cats,” especially with the dogs, who are the most vulnerable to becoming victims of sexual abuse.
In Quito governed since 2011, the Ordinance Municipal number 0048 that controls the keeping of animals in the District, but to tell Avila, animal welfare does not recognize the quality of the animal as subject of law , but is to establish certain levels of treatment so that they are not generating suffering.
One of the progress that has been made in the inclusion of LOBA in the COA it is that the transport of animals in the booths be allowed with their owners . In the case of Public transport “if the animal is registered, neutered and vaccinated, can travel in the compartment with the owner paying an extra ticket,” says Bermeo.
The animalistic LOBA promoters work together with the National Assembly for the item be included in the education . The proposal is to add in the curriculum a subject on empathy with animals and the nature . “We are moving ahead and putting things proposed in the Law” he concludes Bermeo.
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