{"id":115463,"date":"2021-02-28T11:04:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T03:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=115463"},"modified":"2021-02-28T11:04:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T03:04:29","slug":"cuba-approves-animal-rights-law-after-activists-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=115463","title":{"rendered":"Cuba approves animal rights law after activists\u2019 campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Cuba-approves-animal-rights-law-after-activists-campaign.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Cuba-approves-animal-rights-law-after-activists-campaign.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>HAVANA, Feb 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Cuba has adopted long-called for animal rights regulations, a groundbreaking victory for activists in the communist nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s an important step for a civil society marveling at its demands being<br>translated into law for the first time, and signals a cultural shift on an<br>island of contradictions between tradition and modernity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Late Friday, the Council of State approved the legislation, which provides<br>for fines and potential prison terms for offenders. It comes into force 90<br>days after its official publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am very pleased that today we have woken up to this news. Because it<br>will put a stop to abuse in the first place and secondly, it will give power<br>to animal rights activists,\u201d Ricardo Santana, a 24-year-old photographer,<br>said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April, 2019, some 500 people marched through Havana to demand a law<br>protecting animals \u2014 it was the first independent and non-political<br>demonstration authorized by the one-party state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent years, many people in Havana have embraced having house pets \u2014 despite the fact that pet food and medicines, mostly imported, are out of the reach of many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cuba\u2019s streets are also full of dogs and cats in a poor state, often<br>abandoned for economic reasons. The lucky ones are picked up by individuals or animal welfare groups who sometimes go hungry to feed them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dog-fighting and cock-fighting are expected to be outlawed, but ritual<br>animal sacrifices common in Santeria, widespread across the island of 11<br>million, are not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The delays in moving forward with the rules, first set for November 2020,<br>had raised the concern of activists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI believe that if March 1 had arrived in Cuba without an animal welfare<br>law it would have been chaos. Because we animal rights activists are<br>overloaded with cases. And there are no medicines or help,\u201d said Gabriela<br>Lopez, 27-year-old pet lover. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAVANA, Feb 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Cuba has adopted long-called for animal rights regulations, a groundbreaking victory for activists in the communist nation. It\u2019s an important step for a civil society marveling at its demands beingtranslated into law for the first time, and signals a cultural shift on anisland of contradictions between tradition and modernity. Late [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":115464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115463"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/115464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}