US EditionItaly Passes Landmark Animal Welfare Law: Harsh Penalties for Abuse, Puppy Trafficking, and Animal Violence
- Italy passed a new animal welfare law on May 2025 that introduces harsher penalties for abuse, puppy trafficking, and animal violence across the country.
- The legislation emerged from a legal transformation that acknowledges animals as entities with inherent rights instead of treating them merely as possessions defined by human emotions.
- The law amends the Criminal Code to criminalize puppy trafficking punishable by four to eighteen months in prison and fines between €6,000 and €30,000.
- Organizers of animal fighting events may face imprisonment ranging from two to four years and fines up to €30,000, while individuals found guilty of killing animals can be sentenced to up to four years in prison and fined as much as €60,000.
- This reform positions Italy among Europe's most progressive countries in animal protection and may serve as a model for future laws in other jurisdictions.
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der Standard DEWho tortures or kills dogs, cats or other pets, risks in our neighbouring country in future four years imprisonment and penalties up to 60,000 euros – too little, my animal protector
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Fit the Bill: People who torture animals should be locked up
I’ve said in this column a few times that I prefer animals to humans. They tend to be less cruel, kinder, and more tolerant than people. Humans have been very cruel to animals over the centuries. My old local party, the Belco Party, had a great animal policy it took to the last local election. However, as we were a minor group and the mainstream media couldn’t give a toss about what we thought, it got little coverage.However, I’d encourage this …
The Italian Senate approved Bill 1308 to punish animal abuse in the Penal Code, with special attention to pets, increasing the current penalties and criminalizing new offences related to the abuse, exploitation and trafficking of species. According to Il Fatto Quotidiano newspaper, this 15-article regulation establishes a novelty for the laws of Italy, considering that the object of protection is no longer the human perception of pets, but rathe…
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Luzerner ZeitungAnyone who tortures or kills dogs, cats or other pets will risk prison sentences of up to four years in Italy and buses of up to 60-000 euros in future.
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