The Law That Recognized Animals as Sentient Beings
Mexico City’s new animal welfare law recognizes animals as sentient beings and protects their rights. It includes provisions for dignified treatment, even in scientific research.
The Law for the Protection and Welfare of Animals in Mexico City incorporated bioethical reflection and the advancement of animal welfare science by considering animals as sentient beings, although it still does not include them as subjects of law, explained the professor of the Faculty of Sciences (FC) of the UNAM, Elizabeth Téllez Ballesteros.
In the Bioethics Talks series, organized by the Commission on Academic Ethics and Scientific Responsibility (CEARC) of that academic entity, the specialist said that this legislation includes dignified and respectful treatment, even for animals used in scientific research.
