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The article analyzes the ruling of the Superior Court of Justice of Asturias on June 17, 2024, which resolves the challenge of a private individual against an order from the City Council of Pola de Siero that ceased an animal shelter activity due to lack of a license. The ruling confirms that the activity requires both urban and environmental administrative authorizations, and that the City Council acted correctly. It emphasizes the need to comply with urban and environmental regulations, even for altruistic activities such as animal shelters. [Extracted from the article]

The Judgment of the Administrative Court of Logroño 4336/2023 has recently come to light, and its significance lies not so much in its legal implications but in its symbolic importance. Given that it is the last judgment that will apply the already repealed Animal Protection Law in the Autonomous Community of La Rioja, it seems necessary to provide commentary on the reasons for the lack of protection and the role that the judgment has played under the previous legislation and would have played under the current legal framework. Therefore, we will analyse the legal and political reasons for the repeal and the practical consequences of this decision. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Law 2/2023 of the Generalitat establishes measures for the protection, welfare, and ownership of companion animals, and prohibits the euthanasia of animals for economic or overpopulation reasons. It also regulates the identification, sterilization, and adoption of animals, as well as training and awareness in animal protection. The law came into effect on March 15, 2023, and replaces Law 4/1994 of the Generalitat. Its objective is to guarantee the proper care of animals and promote their well-being in society. [Extracted from the article]

The article is intended as an argumentative contribution for the creation of a legal theory on animal rights, based on an abolitionist standpoint (with a scarce inclusion in national debates) of animal protection fights that promote the elimination of the legal-social institution of the ownership on animal in all human activities. For this purpose, the article includes basic proposals and sketches a scenario of ethologic evidences that support such moral philosophy proposal and the legal concretion so constituted. In the same way, the article contemplates the need for generating moral and social changes as the basis for reaching juridical transformations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This esssay corresponds to the synthesis of the undergrduate final work entitled: Special Protection and Penalization of Animal Abuse in Colombia, which was completed in the second semester of 2013. Such investigation includes the diagnosis of the animal abuse situation, the analysis of comparative law on animal abuse, the analysis of bills presented to the Congress of the Republic of jurisprudence related with animal protection, the frame of animal abuse behaviors and their classification in the Penal Code of Colombia and the development of a strategy for a more effective policy for the prevention of animal abuse in the city of Medellin. This work is not one more option; it is an obvious need, as it becomes a tool to contribute to the development of new analysis and research on the phenomenon of animal abuse and the fight for its eradication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A methodology for the territorial risk analysis of biological disasters due to transboundary animal diseases (TADs) was developed and conducted in all municipalities in the country. The methodology identifies the relevant places for the potential entry and the following spreading of TADs (objectives with biological risk-OBR), and characterizes the level of their vulnerability (sanitary gaps) as well as that of the local animal populations. The vulnerability of animal populations considers many topics divided into four aspects: structure of animal production, sanitary control, urbanization of animal rearing, and general characteristics of the municipality. In 161 municipalities, 1597 OBRs were identified. Few municipalities were classified at the highest level of risk but sanitary breaches were identified in many of them. The identification of sanitary breaches and the General Index of Biological Risk in each municipality and OBR was usefull for the improvement of the disaster risk reduction plan. The communication of the biological risk is better understood and accepted by the stakeholders through this process. The use of the methodology for developing plans for prevention diseases at local level is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main objective of this study is to identify the vegan activist profile in Spain, with vegans being the most committed group within the animal liberation movement. Through online questionnaires, we analyzed socio-demographic characteristics, ideological and emotional aspects of the participants, their process of conversion, as well as their preferences regarding activism strategies. The findings are very similar to previous studies about animal rights activists, especially those conducted in the United States. The paper concludes with recommendations aimed at animal organizations, companies and governments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]