PAN predlaže zakon kako bi ukinuli lov na lisice i okrutne metode lova

The Portuguese party for the animals (People-Animals-Nature, PAN), has recently presented two bills: one that ends fox hunting in Portugal and another that prohibits cruel hunting methods like the use of packs of hounds and the use of ‘clubbing to death’ techniques.

PAN’s initiatives are in line with the “Movement for the Abolition of Fox Hunting”, a Portuguese citizens’ movement that has launched a petition for the same purpose, collecting more than 10,000 signatures in a very short time.

According to this Movement, fox hunting is a barbaric and cruel activity in which the hunters are allowed to club the foxes to death and to use up to 50 dogs to catch and kill them. Dogs, in this case, serve as a weapon against the fox. The fight between the dogs and a fox always results in the death or near death of the fox. During these fights many dogs end up seriously injured too.

PAN has also pointed out the legal inconsistency of using dogs to kill other animals during hunting, because fights between animals are legally prohibited in Portugal. An exception is made for ‘cultural events’, which can include fox hunting. According to PAN a fight between a fox and 1 to 50 dogs, is no less cruel than a fight between two dogs and therefore the use of packs of hounds for hunting should be banned too.

PAN says that these kinds of hunting methods are morally reprehensible and don’t belong in the 21^st century.

You can read the full text of the two legislative proposals (in Portuguese) here and here.

Portugalska stranka za životinje (People-Animals-Nature, PAN) nedavno je predstavila dva zakona: jedan koji ukida lov na lisice u Portugalu i drugi koji zabranjuje okrutne metode lova, kao što su uporaba čopora lovačkih pasa i pretučenje na smrt.

PAN-ove su inicijative u skladu s “Pokretom za ukidanje lova na lisice”, pokret portugalskog građanstva koji je lansirao peticiju za istu svrhu, sakupljajući više od 10.000 potpisa u vrlo kratkom vremenu.

Prema ovom Pokretu, lovljenje lisica je barbarska i okrutna aktivnost koja lovcima dopušta da se lisice udaraju na mrtvo i da se mogu uhvatiti i ubiti korištenjem do 50 pasa. Psi, u ovom slučaju, služe kao oružje protiv lisica. Borba između psa i lisice uvijek rezultira smrću ili skoro smrću lisice. Tijekom ovih borbi mnogi psi isto tako završe ozbiljno ozlijeđeni.

PAN je također istaknula pravnu nedosljednost korištenja pasa za ubijanje drugih životinja tijekom lova, jer su borbe između životinja pravno zabranjene u Portugalu. Izuzetak su “kulturna događanja”, što može uključiti i lov na lisice. Prema PAN-u borba između lisice i 1 do 50 pasa, nije ništa manje okrutna od borbe između dva psa i zbog toga treba zabraniti uporabu čopor lovačkih pasa. PAN kaže da su takve metode lova moralno neprihvatljive i ne pripadaju 21. stoljeću.

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