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From a historical perspective, modern animal advocacy, and in particular modern legislation on animal protection and welfare, originated in the United Kingdom and spread first to anglophone and “northern” countries, establishing a sort of orthodoxy and a paradigm. Other countries progressively followed suit and today some forms of more or less advanced animal protection are present in most legislations around the world.
1. Law of July 2,1850 relating to maltreatments on domestic animals Loi du 2 juillet 1850 relative aux mauvais traitements exercés envers les animaux domestiques .
Also known as the “Grammont Law”, this text was the first to incriminate public maltreatments on domestic animals in France.
In terms of animal protection, France has paved the way for Spain to adopt a solid legislation. French and Spain legislations are based on the Roman law tradition and encounter difficulties to detach themselves from the concept of animal-machine. The penal protection was at first initiated in both countries on the ground of the protection of public morality. Later on, the criminal provisions relating to intentional cruelty towards animals have been shaped around the notion of maltreatment.
