Chamber approves project that makes animal abuse that results in death heinous

Currently, legislation already provides for greater penalties for cases of mistreatment that result in the death of animals. The penalty for animal abuse is 3 months to 1 year and a fine, but in cases where there is death, the sentences can reach 6 and a half years.

Inclusion in the heinous category makes crimes non-bailable. Regime progression also becomes more difficult, and only occurs after two-thirds of the sentence has been served, and not more than one-third, as in common crimes.

The project also states that qualification occurs "either when the agent wanted the result or took the risk of producing it" and is valid for all intentional cases, that is, when the aggressor had the intention of mistreating the animal.