For the first time in the history of Buenos Aires Justice, the owner of a dog breeder was
convicted of animal cruelty
.
This is a historic ruling by the City's Public Prosecutor's Office, after an oral and public trial that was carried out against the person responsible for a clandestine space.
The case had begun in 2022 following a complaint from a neighbor and after preliminary investigations, the prosecutor requested a search of the home located on
1600 Viamonte
Street .
In the procedure
, 17 dogs were found,
including 3 puppies, in a situation of
extreme vulnerability
given that they were in deplorable hygienic conditions, surrounded by excrement, without light or natural ventilation, caged, without free access to drinking water, poorly fed and without controls. veterinarians up to date.
Based on the elements found, the Specialized Fiscal Unit in Environmental Matters (UFEMA), headed by prosecutor Carlos Rolero Santurián, was able to determine that the place functioned as an illegal breeding farm, in which females were systematically forced to give birth to sell to their offspring. pups.
This situation is classified as an act of animal cruelty and abuse.
At that time, the rescued animals were taken in by the NGOs Callejeros casa Quiero, Red 4patas and Ayudacan, and then were handed over for responsible adoption.
The illegal farm was dismantled in 2022 on 1600 Viamonte Street. The owner was convicted of animal abuse.
Finally, after an oral and public trial that lasted 2 days, Judge Karina Andrade, head of the PCyF Court 15, sentenced the accused to
8 months of suspended prison and compliance with certain behavioral guidelines for a period of 2 years
.
Some of these guidelines are to attend the Protenencia Program, dependent on the Ministry of Health, undergo training from the Observatory of the “Human-Animal Bond” of Argentina at the Arturo Jauretche National University, establish residence and respond to all court summonses.
Likewise, the importance of the case lies in the fact that the judge
declared the dogs as subjects of rights
and ordered the definitive possession of each one within the interspecies family nucleus within which they are currently found.
The illegal farm was dismantled in 2022 on 1600 Viamonte Street. The owner was convicted of animal abuse.
According to what the Prosecutor's Office itself reported, this is the first time that the Buenos Aires Justice has achieved a conviction for acts of animal abuse and cruelty linked to the ownership of illegal farms.
The illegal farm was dismantled in 2022 on 1600 Viamonte Street. The owner was convicted of animal abuse.