Killing me softly. What is the legal asset protected in the crime of mistreatment of animals?
The author deals with a sentence of the Corte di Cassazione, which confirms the conviction of three poachers for the crime of mistreatment of animals, aggravated by the death. In particular, hunters are reproached for having let a roe deer agonize, after having wounded it, without giving it the fina...
| Published in: | Lexambiente |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Lexambiente
2020-12-01
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| Online Access: | https://lexambientetrimestrale.it/Rivista/9-2020/rugariva_4-2020.pdf |
| Summary: | The author deals with a sentence of the Corte di Cassazione, which confirms the conviction of three poachers for the crime of mistreatment of animals, aggravated by the death. In particular, hunters are reproached for having let a roe deer agonize, after having wounded it, without giving it the final blow, thus subjecting it to unnecessary torture and suffering. The Author takes a cue from the sentence to criticize the thesis, incidentally referred to by the ruling, according to which the crime of mistreatment of animals would protect the (human) feeling for animals |
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| ISSN: | 2612-2103 |