Post by account_disabled on Mar 12, 2024 18:38:11 GMT -10
Abruptly preventing legal commercial activity without any new facts is an arbitrary measure that can put an entire state at risk. With this understanding, judge Kassio Marques, from the Federal Court of the 1st Region, suspended a decision that prohibited meatpacking companies from slaughtering donkeys in Bahia.
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In November 2018, judge Arali Maciel Duarte, from the 1st Federal Court, in Salvador, banned the slaughter of donkeys. The measure came after the Civil Police identified cases of animal abuse.
The action was proposed by the União Defensora B2B Lead dos Animais – Bicho Feliz, the Mobilization Network for the Animal Cause, the National Forum for Animal Protection and Defense, SOS Animais de Rua and the National Front for the Defense of Donkeys.
Now, Judge Marques states that he did not go into the merits of the case, but that there is initially no reason to prohibit a legal commercial activity.
"I consider the serious damage to public order and economy to be characterized by the determination to prohibit the slaughter of donkeys, mules and bardotes in the State of Bahia, since such activity — such as the slaughter of cattle, goats and pigs — is legal and is supported by legal regulations issued by the competent bodies and the abrupt interruption of the aforementioned industrial activity is likely to cause not only the companies created and dedicated to the activities irreparable damage or difficult to repair, but also the municipalities that host the aforementioned slaughterhouses, as well as the State itself of Bahia", states Marques in the decision.
The slaughter and export of donkey meat and hides are marketed in China and Vietnam. In Bahia, there are three slaughterhouses authorized to carry out slaughter. Minas Gerais, Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul also have authorized units.
According to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, in 2016, when slaughtering began, 24,918 tons of these animals were exported. In 2018, the number jumped to 226,432 tons. According to the government of Bahia, the activity generated around 370 direct jobs and more than 1,300 indirect jobs. Approximately 500 producers started to earn income from the activity.