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Animals cannot be considered as things in our legal system, but as what they are, living beings with sensitivity," defends the Socialist Group. Newtribuna The Senate has given the green light for animals to stop being considered real estate or things, to recognize their nature as living beings endowed with sensitivity, that is, “sentient beings.” The plenary session of the Senate has approved - with 153 votes in favor, 3 against and 98 abstentions - a bill from the PSOE and Unidas Podemos that provides for the modification of the Civil Code, the Mortgage Law and the Civil Procedure Law on the legal regime of animals so that they stop being objects. This initiative, which has gone ahead with the support of all political parties except VOX, which voted against, and the Popular Party (PP), which abstained, will continue its processing in the Congress of Deputies for its final ratification. and subsequent entry into force. With its final approval, the new rule will respond to situations such as divorces and separations of couples who, after their breakup, want to continue sharing their life with their pet, so that, from now on, it will guarantee the protection of the animal against the suffering of keep him away from his home and from his shared life until that moment, if there is no agreement between the couple.
This regard, the socialist senator Victoria de Pablo has stressed that the text will also include how the times and burdens of pets are distributed in family breakups , whether marriages or de facto couples, and if the parties do not agree The judge will decide. De Pablo highlighted that approximately of the Australia Phone Number couples that divorce each year in Spain have a pet , which is why "it was urgent to define the relationship between animals and humans in the family environment and in moments of breakup." Animals cannot be considered as things in our legal system, but rather as what they are, living beings with sensitivity. The socialist senator Elena Diego has assured that "this initiative of the legal regime for animals represents a necessary change demanded by Spanish society. Animals cannot be considered as things in our legal system, but as what they are, living beings with sensitivity.
Furthermore, “situations as painful as, in the event of a traffic accident, animals are treated in the same way as a suitcase and there is no obligation to care for them will be avoided. In addition, we will prevent them from being seized ,” said Diego. PP, contrary to being considered "sentient beings" In defending the Popular Group's amendments, Senator María Teresa Martín Pozo has criticized the fact that animals are considered "sentient beings", because, she said, that term makes them "objects of rights" and even places them in an equal position. or superior to people. In this sense, he has warned that the proposed regulations could give rise to situations as paradoxical as, in the case of divorce or separation, the visitation regime or child support "remaining suspended" as there is no agreement of the parents regarding the future of a dog, a cat "or goldfish."
This regard, the socialist senator Victoria de Pablo has stressed that the text will also include how the times and burdens of pets are distributed in family breakups , whether marriages or de facto couples, and if the parties do not agree The judge will decide. De Pablo highlighted that approximately of the Australia Phone Number couples that divorce each year in Spain have a pet , which is why "it was urgent to define the relationship between animals and humans in the family environment and in moments of breakup." Animals cannot be considered as things in our legal system, but rather as what they are, living beings with sensitivity. The socialist senator Elena Diego has assured that "this initiative of the legal regime for animals represents a necessary change demanded by Spanish society. Animals cannot be considered as things in our legal system, but as what they are, living beings with sensitivity.
Furthermore, “situations as painful as, in the event of a traffic accident, animals are treated in the same way as a suitcase and there is no obligation to care for them will be avoided. In addition, we will prevent them from being seized ,” said Diego. PP, contrary to being considered "sentient beings" In defending the Popular Group's amendments, Senator María Teresa Martín Pozo has criticized the fact that animals are considered "sentient beings", because, she said, that term makes them "objects of rights" and even places them in an equal position. or superior to people. In this sense, he has warned that the proposed regulations could give rise to situations as paradoxical as, in the case of divorce or separation, the visitation regime or child support "remaining suspended" as there is no agreement of the parents regarding the future of a dog, a cat "or goldfish."