Spain has been waiting for a confirmation for years. animal welfare law had a national character. Until now, animal protection regulated by municipal ordinances and regional regulations. However, when we thought we would finally have a law that unified the criteria, we were met with only chaos and confusion.
Perhaps that is why the law raises many doubts. one of them if it includes a ban on killing a mouse that could sneak into our house at a certain time.
In this respect, it should be noted that, as clearly stated in Article 1 of the aforementioned law; Its purpose is to guarantee the well-being and protection of all. Pets and of these wild that they can live in captivity. Therefore, when we speak of a rat or mouse, we mean animals that live freely in rural areas or city streets, are wild and can enter our home especially if we live on a ground floor or a floor. chalet, the answer is that the law does not concern them and nothing regulates them. Another thing is when we are talking about a hamster, gerbil or guinea pig that we have at home as a pet. This will affect them in the last cases.
However, not in animal welfare law but where is the problem Penal Code reform continues. In Article 337, the crime ill-treatment previously limited to only a few animal species, it would also apply to any vertebrate animal, which would actually make killing a mouse a crime., hunt a snake or a lizard. Again, in the case of rats, as they are considered a public health problemthe law could understand this as a just thing.
The same does not happen with lizards or snakes, where in addition there is a serious problem with the invaders.