A INDÚSTRIA DO AGRONEGÓCIO E AS PRÁTICAS DA SUINOCULTURA, À LUZ DA FORÇA NORMATIVA DA PROTEÇÃO DOS ANIMAIS NÃO HUMANOS

Resumo

The main objective of this article is to analyze the practices of Brazilian pig farming and
the mistreatment and cruelty exercised by the activity. Using the hypothetical-deductive method, the
work addresses socio-environmental aspects that involve the agribusiness industry, especially the
myth that only animal meat provides the necessary nutrients to the human body and the strength of
agribusiness, an activity with significant participation in the economy. It brings the capitalist factors
of production involved in swine farming and also analyzes the normative force that holds the
protection of animals, in the light of the constitutional provisions contained in articles 170, VI and
225, §1, VII, CF, which ensure animals protection against cruel practices and observance, by the
economic order, to the defense of the environment as a principle.