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Mexican Senate approves General Law on Animal Welfare
The Mexican Senate has approved the General Law on Animal Welfare, Care, and Protection. The legislation recognizes animals as sentient beings and establishes a national strategy to ensure their well-being across five domains: nutrition, environment, health, behavior, and mental state.
The new law creates a National Registry of Companion Animals and a registry of offenders to combat cruelty and abandonment. It also regulates animal treatment in various sectors, including sports, entertainment, zoos, and aquariums, while establishing a transition process to end the use of companion animals in research and teaching.
In the state of Puebla, Governor Alejandro Armenta Mier reported that the local Animal Welfare and Protection of Sentient Beings Cell is 88% complete. This initiative aims to provide veterinary care, rehabilitation, and shelter for various species, moving forward with state-level protections while the national legislative process continues.
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Alejandro Armenta Mier · Baltazar Gaona García · Coahuila · Congreso del Estado de Michoacán · Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar · Gabriel Elizondo Pérez · Guillermo Valencia Reyes · Heriberto Aguilar Castillo · Maki Esther Ortiz Domínguez · Marcela Castillo Atristain · Mexican Senate · Mexico
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- [● 2 SOURCES] A proposal was made to establish punishments for those who recruit children and adolescents as hitmen. www.informandomichoacan.com.mx
- [● 2 SOURCES] An initiative was presented to require aid vehicles to carry extinguishers and first aid kits, and to ensure police training in first aid. www.informandomichoacan.com.mx
- [● 2 SOURCES] An initiative was presented to criminalize agricultural hoarding used to manipulate fruit prices. www.informandomichoacan.com.mx
- [● 2 SOURCES] Guillermo Valencia Reyes presented 13 initiatives and two proposals of agreement in his second legislative report. www.informandomichoacan.com.mx
- [● 2 SOURCES] Valencia Reyes proposed a law to classify vehicular homicide as an aggravated crime with 10 to 20 years of prison for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. www.informandomichoacan.com.mx
- [● 2 SOURCES] Valencia Reyes proposed that using false transfers to pay for a vehicle be classified as robbery instead of fraud. www.informandomichoacan.com.mx
- [● 13 SOURCES] The law recognizes animals as sentient beings. www.enlineabc.com.mx · elperiodicodetlaxcala.com · lasnoticiasya.com · www.poderycritica.com · suertematadortoros.com · +7 more
- [● 3 SOURCES] Fines for animal abuse can reach up to 234,620 pesos. www.elbuentono.com.mx · laprensa.mx · diario.mx
- [● 2 SOURCES] Administrative arrests of up to 36 hours are permitted for animal abuse. laprensa.mx · diario.mx
- [● 4 SOURCES] A National Registry of Offender Persons will be created to identify those responsible for animal abuse. suertematadortoros.com · www.tallapolitica.com.mx · elradar.mx · laprensa.mx
- [● 4 SOURCES] The regulation of bullfighting and cockfighting is left to the discretion of individual states. suertematadortoros.com · desolysombra.com · diario.mx
- [● 15 SOURCES] The Mexican Senate approved the General Law on Animal Welfare, Care, and Protection. www.enlineabc.com.mx · horacero.mx · lasnoticiasya.com · www.poderycritica.com · suertematadortoros.com · +9 more