The Prosecutor's Office opens a new avenue to criminally prosecute the death of birds on power lines. A study warns that half of the unnatural deaths of birds in Spain are due to collisions and electrocutions with these infrastructures.

The latest reform of the Penal Code, from March of last year, can open an important door by expanding the cases of abuse beyond domestic animals. This reform allows criminal prosecution of attacks and deaths of any wild vertebrate, as would be the case of birds that die on power line.