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Animal rights protest in Lisbon
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The constitutional court in Portugal is pondering whether abusing a pet is a crime. It currently is a crime, but there is a movement to overturn those laws.
The protesters are pushing to have animal abuse still recognized as a crime. The protests were organized by the Animal Intervention and Rescue group.
Portugal's President when encouraged by them, did speak in favor of protecting animals. Overturning the current protection would be a serious set back for animal rights.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/tho...023-01-21/

This is a serious situation. If the courts are able to overturn animal protection laws so easily then they were never strong laws in the first place. If it can happen in one country, this trend could spread to other countries. Protesters need to succeed in saving the animal protection laws and even strengthening them.
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This all goes to show the importance of carefully drafted, legally watertight legislation on the issue of animal cruelty. If someone was convicted of throwing his puppies in a rubbish bin (as the article mentions) but subsequently acquitted on appeal - then there is something seriously wrong with the law(s) involved.

The protest is trying to do good and I wish the protesters every success in highlighting animal cruelty as an issue needing strong legislation. Portugal clearly needs to revise its animal cruelty laws to make them watertight, so that offenders can be successfully prosecuted.
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Quote:This all goes to show the importance of carefully drafted, legally watertight legislation on the issue of animal cruelty. If someone was convicted of throwing his puppies in a rubbish bin (as the article mentions) but subsequently acquitted on appeal - then there is something seriously wrong with the law(s) involved.
The law must have been weak. It is also not very secure. 

This is a lesson to us about animal cruelty laws. We cannot feel that we have succeeded when a law is passed. We need to strengthen the laws that go with it and back it up. It was an act of cruelty to throw puppies in a rubbish bin. It is also a failure to provide the necessities of life for the puppies. They could be separate charges which would back each other up. If one fails, the other might hold.

I hope the protesters are strong and get their message across.
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