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The cause
What is #AnimalsAreNotThings?
#AnimalsAreNotThings is the cause that the Affinity Foundation has stood for with other organisations and individuals for years. Its objective? That animals stop being considered as “things” by Spanish law and are considered as living beings with feelings.
Today, the law recognises animals’ sentience and the amendment to the Civil Code guarantees their rights and supports their wellbeing.
Until then, animals were considered as livestock, nothing more than property, and they had no protection from abandonment, seizure, separation, traffic accidents, etc.
On 2nd December 2021, after five years of hard work, the Congress of Deputies approved the bill to amend the Civil Code, the Mortgage Act and the Civil Procedure Act, so that animals are no longer considered property and become sentient beings.
The Foundation will continue to work to promote animal welfare, driving and supporting proposals that improve the rights of dogs and cats.
Thank you for your involvement.
Together, we did it!
WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED
A big change:
raising the status of animals in the law
Animals
can no longer be subject to seizure
In cases of divorce,
the bond between the animal and its carers will be taken into account
The welfare
of animals will be taken into consideration in judicial processes
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