Proteção jurídica dos animais

Abstract

The legal protection of animals is gaining more and more emphasis nowadays, and in the Brazilian legal system there is recognition of these as subjects of rights. The results of this study show that animals must have their dignity respected, being that it gave right to life and freedom are determined by current legislation, which aims to curb the practice of curable acts against animals throughout Brazil. The general objective of this study will be to analyze legal aspects of animal protection in the Brazilian legal system. The adopted methodology was a bibliographic research. The results of this study show that, under Brazilian law, animals have the right to life, freedom and integrity, therefore, they are beings that can be judicially protected and can have their rights guaranteed, as recommended by the Constitution and infraconstitutional legislation. In conclusion, this study points out that animals are part of the environment and that this is a legal asset that must be protected by the State. In this sense, cruelty and mistreatment must be restrained in order to guarantee respect for the dignity of animals.