Brazil
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ASSOCIACAO SANTUARIO DE ELEFANTES BRASIL | |
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Brazil - Federal Decree on Anti-Cruelty |
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Brazil - Animal Cruelty - Decreto-lei nº 24645, |
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Brazil - Biodiversity Treaty- Acceptance |
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Brazil - Constitution (Portuguese) - Constituiclo Federal do Brazil - Protecclo dos Animais |
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Brazil - Constitutional Provision - Animal |
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Brazil - Crimes - Brazilian Environmental Crimes Law |
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Brazil - Dogs and Cats - Sao Paulo State Law n. 12.916 (no kill ordinance) |
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Brazil's ban on live cattle exports | This is the case in which a court in Brazil banned live cattle exports from all Brazilian ports based on animal welfare concerns. It is the result of a lawsuit filed by the NGO "Foro Nacional para la Protección y Defensa de los Animales," who requested that this type of animal transport to be banned. In 2018, the court granted a temporary injunction prohibiting live cattle exports. However, this injunction was invalidated by a superior tribunal. In her opinion, the judge stated that "animals are not things. They are sentient living beings—individuals who feel hunger, thirst, pain, cold, anguish, and fear. " In its holding, the judge compares the treatment of animals to the treatment suffered by humans during the slave trade, stating that non-human animals suffer the same treatment in the name of commercial development. Furthermore, the judge concluded that the necessary methods to guarantee the health and well-being of animals in this type of transport were not being adopted and urged for the harmonization between the interests of human animals (economic interest or interest in providing food for the population) with the ethics that must preside over their relations with non-human animals, encouraging the country to be at the forefront in abolishing inappropriate handling and eradicating all types of cruelty against animals. Even though this is a landmark decision, it is important to mention that this is not a final decision constituting legal precedent, and a higher court can invalidate it if it is appealed. |