LAW 14,064 / 2020: ADVANCE IN THE CRIMINAL PROTECTION OF NON-HUMAN ANIMALS?

Abstract

This article, based on hermeneutic and dialectical methods, aims to analyze how the Brazilian legal system regulates the criminal protection of non-human animals, especially with a view to Law No. 14.064/ 2020, which amended Article 32 of the so-called Law of Environmental Crimes. To that end, theoretical reflections will be brought up on the ineffectiveness of Criminal Law applied as the only measure to combat violations against non-human animals and on the collective imaginary of animal objectification. This time, under the prerogative of the defense of a transdisciplinary education that embraces Animal Law, as a pillar in social transformation, possible alternatives to the strengthening of criminal tutelage will be listed, in order to preserve animal life starting from a joint work of the Public Power with the community itself.