A bull fight in Bogotá, a legacy of Spanish culture. Despite being criticized by numerous organizations in Colombia, the practice of bullfighting remains legal.
Despite having a legislation against animal trafficking, Colombia is one of the major sources and routes for animal trafficking in the world. There are numerous non-governmental organizations working in Colombia on behalf of animal rights.[2]
Legislation
The Colombian Constitution does not officially establish an ethical duty of society to protect the environment, instead it does mention that people have the right to live in a healthy environment in chapter 3 about, Collective and Environmental rights.
In 2014 and again in 2020, Colombia received a D out of possible grades A,B,C,D,E,F,G on World Animal Protection's Animal Protection Index.[3]
Penalties
Legal penalties of the interest of animal rights are stipulated in Law 599 of 2000 which ways that the illicit advantage taken of the renewable natural resources will be penalised. Trafficking, commercializing, taking advantage or benefiting of specimens, products or parts of the fauna or flora resources in danger will be penalized with between 2 and 5 years of prison and ten Colombian minimum monthly salaries.
Law reforms attempt
In September 2003 a project or draft to reform Law 84 of 1989 did not pass in the Congress of Colombia. The reform proposed the imposition of legal penalties to those who did not abide by the law.
