Animal protection and zoonosis control in cities of the Upper Uruguai Region of Santa Catarina

Abstract

Over the years, animal protection has been gradually taken on a bigger role in society. In Brazil, most attempts to create shelters do not succeed and end up showing us the neglect of animal welfare and animal's needs. There is a duty to position oneself more systematically, with a view of the animal itself as an individual, taking into account the psychological particularities and behavior, with its complexity that is beyond our full understanding, in order to ensure the animal effectively and irreducibly the 5 animal freedoms, providing appropriate place for the animal to manifest its essence and behavior free from pain or suffering, in addition to living with other animals, to provide proper nutrition and to watch over its vitality. This article aims to verify how animal protection occurs in municipalities of the Alto Uruguai’s region of State of Santa Catarina. The research method used is the exploratory, with qualitative approach, of bibliographic-documentary nature, by making use of doctrines of the Environmental Law area, as well as of federal, state and municipal legal instruments. From the analysis, it is possible to find that there is no policy of protection and welfare in the region under study, a policy of protection and animal welfare. It is conclude that actions related to animal rights by the local Government, in the municipalities surveyed, are limited and little encouraged, highlighting – for example – the absence of public shelters or zoonosis control center.