Sale in animal shops, dolphinariums, traveling circuses … Parliament definitively adopts the law against animal abuse

By a final vote of the almost unanimous Senate, the Parliament definitively adopted Thursday, November 18 a bill emblematic of the presidential majority for “fight against animal abuse”. The vote was acquired by 332 votes in favor, one against and 10 abstentions. On the menu of this vast text are the progressive prohibition of wild animals in traveling circuses and dolphinariums, the end of the sale of puppies and kittens in pet shops, and tougher penalties for abuse or abandonment.