Abstract
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”.
Highlights
Florence’s Tribunal, on LAV denunciation, had convicted a restaurant owner for mistreatment because he was holding crustaceans on the ice
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, because it causes important suffering, for economic reasons, with the consequence that between the economic balance and interest in not animal suffering, this last one is prevailing”
The accused brought an action at Supreme Court complaining the existence of the crime. He was arguing that he had received the animals on the ice, so it was not his blame for the way they were held, and anyway in Italy there were not legal ban for that
Summary
Florence’s Tribunal, on LAV denunciation, had convicted a restaurant owner for mistreatment because he was holding crustaceans on the ice. 30177/2017 of the Third Criminal Section of Italian Supreme Court1
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