The passing by the Council of State of the Decree-Law on Animal Welfare in Cuba, considered an important demand of citizens, is due for this month of February, the local press reported today.
According to Granma daily, after this body's decision, the regulations of the decree-law will be analyzed by the Council of Ministers, and then both legal bodies will be published in the Official Gazette of the Republic and come into effect.
Recently, authorities from the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG), the Ariguanabo Foundation and the Association for Animal and Plant Protection, together with singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez, held a meeting to discuss the continuity of the legal norms.
At the meeting on Feb.4, attendees analyzed issues related to the lack of a contravention and punitive system that sanctions behaviors that harm animal welfare, such as the illegal hunting, fishing, trafficking and trade of wild land or sea species under a special protection system.
They also discussed the failures of veterinarian care and the provision of products for the care of all species.
According to MINAG's website, the Decree-Law on Animal Welfare and its regulations propose concrete educational actions and communication of good practices that allow to enrich the population's general culture since the earliest stages of life.
The regulations reflect on respect of the human-animal relation and seek the elimination of any form of abuse.
The current Constitution of Cuba stipulates that the State protects the environment and the country's natural resources and decrees the care of the flora and fauna as a duty of all citizens.
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