Abstract
Animal welfare is an important objective of the European policy. Since the 1970', several protection instruments were adopted in numerous domains and particularly concerning fur. In order to forbid products stemming from methods considered as cruel, the European Union adopted several embargos (or import ban) on seal furs, cat and dog furs from China and furs from leghold traps. Nevertheless, this anti-fur policy on the international scene hides a paradox: the European Union is the world’s largest producer of factory farmed fur. While the European Union fight against the methods of hunting, capture and production of fur outside its borders, it holds thousands of fur farms in which methods of detention and killing are also recognized as extremely cruel. Aware of these ethical problems, the European Commission wishes to find solutions. Therefore, it would be desirable to ban fur farming in the European Union. This option seems even more possible that the European countries are more and more numerous to adopt ban and restriction measures concerning these farms. Finally, such a ban would offer the advantage to reach both an objective of coherence of Community law and answer the increasing demand from the European citizens for a more ethical treatment of animals.
Highlights
Derechoanimal.info captura y transporte de los animales, lo cual no resulta despreciable en un servicio con escasa disponibilidad presupuestaria y cada vez mayor demanda
Es posible que medidas como el abono de una tasa por la recogida del animal, la obligación de participar activamente en la búsqueda de adoptantes..., incluso tener que afrontar su sacrificio llegado el caso[7], puedan ser disuasorias, o al menos situar a quien piensa en entregar a su mascota en la verdadera magnitud del problema
7 Hay que recordar que, aunque muchas de las leyes de protección animal vigentes en España recogen expresamente que el sacrificio debe aplicarse siempre como último recurso, de forma que los animales sólo podrán ser sacrificados “en último término”
Summary
Derechoanimal.info captura y transporte de los animales, lo cual no resulta despreciable en un servicio con escasa disponibilidad presupuestaria y cada vez mayor demanda. Propietarios que, abrumados por los problemas económicos, acuden a estas asociaciones y centros con la intención de entregar a su animal, para que se
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