United We Can surrender and agree to approve the Animal Welfare Law, removing hunting dogs from it, as required by the PSOE to unblock the norm.
Thanks to that, the opinion of the project comes out of the fridge and could receive the green light this Thursday in the Social Rights Commission of Congress.
So if Trans Law has gone
purple
, now the political victory in animal law has fallen to the socialist side.
One standard for another.
And it is that, to avoid further delays and in view of the forecast that it would remain locked in a drawer, with the risk of being the first law issued by the Council of Ministers that is not approved by Congress, United We Can has erased that
red line
.
However, in the last hours a new unforeseen event has arisen that threatens to put the parties under tension again.
The PSOE has agreed with the PP and the Canarian Coalition a compromise amendment to remove cetaceans in captivity from the application of the law.
What will fully affect the dolphins that are in zoos, aquariums or research centers.
Said amendment, which only with the presence of PSOE and PP has the votes guaranteed to be approved, exempts from the prohibition of collection "possession, exchange and breeding in captivity in zoos or similar."
It specifies that in the case of cetaceans, "breeding and maintenance in captivity will be limited to research and conservation purposes" and endorses their "use in shows" when supervised by keepers and professionals.
Likewise, a transitory provision is introduced so that at the time the law comes into force it does not affect cetaceans that are outside conservation and research centers until the death of the animals or until they are transferred to a center for such purposes. purposes.
"They may remain in their current locations cared for by their owners as long as they are not reintroducable into the natural environment" or "their welfare conditions are preserved," says the text.
In addition, it is safeguarded that they can be "used in shows, commercial or free interactions whenever it is with their caregivers or related professionals."
As for hunting dogs, which has been the heart of the conflict between PSOE and Unidas Podemos in recent months, the clash arises from the decision to include hunting dogs in the broad animal protections contemplated in the Animal Welfare Law , promoted by the Ministry of Social Rights, headed by Ione Belarra (Podemos).
This caused, on the one hand, the revolt of the hunting sector and, on the other and more important, the political opposition of the autonomous communities where the hunting activity is more deeply rooted and is a powerful economic activity.
Some of these regions are governed by the PSOE, such as Extremadura or Castilla-La Mancha, where they considered it vital for their electoral interests, with regional and municipal elections in May, to remove this matter from the law at all costs.
That led the socialist parliamentary group in Congress to present an amendment to remove it, arguing that animals engaged in productive and economic activities should have a specific law, instead of being in a general one more designed for domestic animals.
The clash between partners was immediate and Unidas Podemos has been charging harshly against the PSOE for months, under the accusation of siding with those who "mistreat" dogs, hang them from trees or bury them in "quicklime".
Pablo Echenique has had an impact precisely today on that too.
However, the most relevant political change in recent hours is that Unidas Podemos has assumed that it is better to get the law out even without the hunting dogs.
The purple spokesman in Congress has assured that, in the event that the PSOE amendment is approved with the PP vote, they will not make the law "fall".
They therefore raise the threat of knocking down the entire project.
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