| Nayarit Congress Seeks to Increase Penalties for Animal Abuse Miguel Luna - MiguelAngelLuna.mx | |
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The initiative to reform the local Political Constitution and the Penal Code, a proposal to be analyzed by the members of the Thirty-Third Legislature chaired by Congresswoman Alba Cristal Espinoza Peña, aims to create a fairer society, protect animals and punish with harsher penalties those who mistreat animals.
According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), Mexico ranks third in animal abuse, since 7 out of 10 dogs suffer from mistreatment; in recent years animal adoption has grown from 8 to 11 percent, reason why the Honorable Congress is in the process of analyzing the relevance of increasing the penalty for those who exercise violence against animals.
Currently, Article 422 of the Penal Code establishes that animal abuse is punishable with six months to five years in prison and a fine of 60 to 300 days of salary; the proposal indicates an increase of up to eight years in prison and a fine of 100 to 500 days of salary.
In relation to the reform of the local Constitution, it is proposed to add the text: "and the dignified treatment of animals" in the sixth paragraph of Article 7 of Chapter III of the fundamental norm of the State.
The initiative also seeks to promote and strengthen respect for animals within educational institutions, since it has been scientifically proven that the violence exercised on animals has a causal relationship to determine the violence of adults with other human beings, therefore, by promoting an ethic of respect towards animals, values are promoted in human beings by adopting new measures to ensure that animals have the guarantee of dignified treatment.
Once the proposal to protect and give dignified treatment to animals has been analyzed, and if the deputies consider giving their affirmative vote to reform the local Political Constitution and the Penal Code, Nayarit will be at the forefront in the protection of those who have no voice.
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