Cases
| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
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| El caso del Festival Gastronómico del Gato, 2014 (Peru) | El Festival de Currunao era una celebración anual que se celebraba en el sur de Lima, Perú. Este festival estaba dedicado a la celebración de Santa Efigenia de Etiopía. Tradicionalmente, este evento incluía prácticas controvertidas, como el consumo de gatos y carreras en las que se les lanzaban fuegos artificiales. En 2013, un grupo de activistas presentó una demanda de amparo solicitando la suspensión inmediata de estas prácticas, argumentando que eran crueles según la antigua ley peruana contra la crueldad animal, No. 2725. Además, argumentaron que los animales son seres sintientes, capaces de experimentar dolor y sufrimiento. Ese mismo año, el Juez Civil de Cañete emitió una medida cautelar, suspendiendo dichas actividades. En 2014, la Corte Superior de Justicia de Cañete prohibió permanentemente estas prácticas, concluyendo que violaban el derecho a un ambiente equilibrado y saludable, fomentaban la violencia y representaban graves riesgos para la salud pública y el bienestar social. | |
| Suica - Habeas Corpus |
First case to consider that a chimpanzee might be a legal person to come before the court under a petition for Habeas Corpus. |
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| SuiÁa | impetraram este HABEAS CORPUS REPRESSIVO, em favor da chimpanzÈ "SuiÁa" (nome cientifico anthropopithecus troglodytes), macaca que se encontra enjaulada no Parque Zoobot‚nico Get˙lio Vargas (Jardim ZoolÛgico de Salvador), situado na Av. Ademar de Barros | |
| Sentencia C-045/19 | This Constitutional Court's decision declares sport hunting illegal in the entire territory. In its reasoning, the court stated that sport hunting is not an exception to the duty to protect animals against cruelty, as it does not satisfy any objective or purpose compatible with the Constitution. "It is not an expression of religious freedom, nor intended for food or medical or scientific experimentation. It is not done to control the species population and is not a deeply rooted cultural manifestation." The court further stated, "The sacrifice of an animal by humans is an extreme form of mistreatment as it eliminates its very existence and is an act of annihilation. When it is unjustified, an animal's death is cruel because it means understanding that the animal is exclusively a resource available to humans. Sport hunting, in short, is a harmful act insofar as it is aimed at capturing wild animals, either by killing, mutilating or catching them alive." "What happens here is an example of how the content and scope of constitutional norms adapt to a changing society. It is about the concept of a Living constitution, in which its scope and content take shape with the political community's economic, social, political, and cultural changes." Other forms of hunting, such as subsistence hunting, hunting for scientific and research purposes, and controlled hunting, continue to be allowed under the circumstances delineated by laws and regulations and with prior authorization of the natural resources managing authority. |