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In 2006, Italy's first arrest for animal mistreatment occurred when a man repeatedly tossed his dog into wall injuring its back. [1] In June 2017, Italy's highest court ruled that lobsters could not be kept on ice before being cooked. [2] In November 2017, the Italian Parliament passed a bill to ban circus animals over the following year. [3]
Italian animal rights activists (2 P) O. Animal welfare organisations based in Italy (1 C, 4 P) V. Veterinary medicine in Italy (1 C, 2 P)
Berne Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern/Berne Convention; also acceded by several non-CoE member states); European Convention for the Protection of Animals during International Transport (original 1968 animal transport convention & revised 2003 animal transport convention)
Animal rights vary greatly among countries and territories. Such laws range from the legal recognition of non-human animal sentience to the absolute lack of any anti-cruelty laws, with no regard for animal welfare. As of November 2019, 32 countries have formally recognized non-human animal sentience.
The first national animal welfare law is enacted in the United Kingdom, [7] followed by laws in Germany, Switzerland, [8] France, [9] and Sweden. [10] These laws are largely concerned with public mistreatment of animals as a violation of decency, rather than the suffering of the animals themselves.
The Italian Animalist Party was founded in 2006 by lawyer and animal rights activist Cristiano Ceriello. The main objectives of the Italian Animalist Party are animal liberation and climate change activism. It was one of the member parties of the EUDemocrats, a left-wing Eurosceptic European political party. [2]
Animal welfare violations have been observed more in intensively bred chicken, pig and cattle species, respectively, and studies and laws have been enacted in this regard. However, animal welfare in semi-intensive species such as sheep and goats is nowadays being scrutinised and gaining importance. [37]
The main goal of the Italian Horse Protection Association is the psychological and physical recovery of equines, subjected to sequestration under Law 189 of 2004 (Mistreatment of animals). Beyond that it strives to raise awareness of the ethological characteristics and the specific needs of the equine species.