Resumen de Crustaceans as sentient beings and their mistreatment: Sentence n. 30177/2017 of the Third Criminal Section of Italian Supreme Court
- español
En esta sentencia la Corte Suprema Italiana ha establecido principios muy relevantes para la protección de los animales, al reconocer que el interés humano en el no sufrimiento de los animales es legalmente relevante y que, al igual que en el caso de los animales de compañía, la tenencia de crustáceos en hielo constituye un delito de maltrato animal, al causar un importante sufrimiento, prevaleciendo dicho interés a que los animales no sufran, sobre el interés económico.
- English
The Third Criminal Section of Italian Supreme Court with the sentence n. 30177 of the 16 June 2017 has established very relevant principles about protection of animals, deciding that “(human) interest in not animal suffering” is legally relevant and that “as for the protection of pets and companion animals, the detention of crustaceans on the ice integrates the crime of mistreatment (art 727 Italian criminal code ), because it causes important suffering, for economic reasons, with the consequence that between the economic balance and (human) interest in not animal suffering, this last one is prevailing”.
