A supervalorização do pet canino e suas implicações nas propostas legislativas e no poder judiciário

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the overvaluation of pets, through the verification of factors that enhance this increase, especially that of canine pets. And how this overvaluation became fuel to heat up the Consumer Market and the Legislative Proposals. With the recognition of sentience to animals, it is not necessary to change the legal status of pets, especially that of dogs, as the guarantee of their well-being can be carried out smoothly, if the provisions of Ordinary Law nº 14064/2020 are followed which amended Law nº 9.605/98, by inserting in article 32, §1-A, which provides for the penalties for those who commit cruel acts against dogs and/or cats. Therefore, it is possible to conclude that the treatment claimed by the pets´ guardians, in order to safeguard them from mistreatment and/or degrading situations, can be effectively achieved if limited to the environmental sphere, without the need for the insertion of pets, especially the canine pet, in other fields of law, such as Civil Law and Civil Procedural Law, as they are áreas that mostly regulate human-animals. The methodology used to reach these results and conclusions was the bibliographical reference, through the reading of scientific articles, legal doctrines, master´s theses and the Jurisprudence of the National Courts.