THE INCREASE OF PUNISHMENT FOR ILL-TREATMENT OF DOGS AND CATS AND THE PERSISTENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENTRIST PARADIGM IN BRAZILIAN LEGISLATION

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https://doi.org/10.9771/rbda.v16i3.46128

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Crime, Especismo, Maus tratos, Senciência

Abstract

The Federal Law 14.064/2020 altered the Article 32 of the Environmental Crimes Law, which refers to the ill-treatment of animals, in order to increase the punishment when the act is committed against dogs and cats, prescribing 2 to 5 years of imprisonment, in addition to a fine and prohibition of custody. This provision treats equally sentient animals differently, overvaluing the sentience and suffering in dogs and cats in spite of the same characteristics on other animals, such as vertebrates and even octopuses. Therefore, the aim is to introduce an analysis of the arbitrariness of the different legal consideration between dogs and cats and the other animals, especially the group of the sentients, regarding to criminal protection against ill-treatment. The research is bibliographical and in what comes to the analysis of what is hidden in the norm it is exploratory, using the phenomenological method, to achieve the expected result, which is to unveil the meaning and paradigm that underlie the quoted legislative reform, exposing the difference in legal treatment among animals, its arbitrariness and what lies behind it.

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Elisaide Trevisam, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS)

Doctorate in Philosophy of Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. Master in Human Rights. Permanent Professor at the PPGD of the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul

Jessé Cruciol Junior, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS)

Master in Human Rights from the Master's Program in Law at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS). State Judge in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul

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Published

2022-06-10

How to Cite

Trevisam, E., & Cruciol Junior, J. (2022). THE INCREASE OF PUNISHMENT FOR ILL-TREATMENT OF DOGS AND CATS AND THE PERSISTENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENTRIST PARADIGM IN BRAZILIAN LEGISLATION. Brazilian Animal Law Journal, 16(3), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.9771/rbda.v16i3.46128

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Vol. 16 No. 3 (2021): Revista Brasileira de Direito Animal

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Direito Animal

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