Juridical Analysis of Criminal Acts of Mistreatment of Animals (Based on a Court Judgment Case Study Number 223/Pid. B/2019/PN.Gin)

Abstract

Mistreatment of animals is a criminal act and it is only natural that the perpetrator gets sanctions for his actions. Law Number 18 of.2009 concerning Livestock and Animal Health, elucidation of Article 66 paragraph (2) letter c, explains that animal abuse is an act to obtain satisfaction and/or profit from animals by treating animals beyond the limits of their biological and physiological capabilities. Mistreatment of animals is basically a criminal act, where the act is included in an unlawful act, which is regulated in regulation in the form of a law, and indeed the act should be punished because persecution is also a mistake. According to Gary Francione who is one of the animal rights defenders stated that animals cannot be used as a resource subject to human control, or rather animals have the right not to be treated as property that is used only to gain an advantage for humans. Provisions on animal abuse are regulated in laws and regulations such as Article 302 and Article 540 of the Criminal Code and other laws and regulations, namely the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 41 of 2014 concerning Amendments to Law Number 18 of 2009 concerning Livestock and Animal Health and Government Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia Number 95 of 2012 concerning Veterinary Public Health and Animal Welfare.