Análisis de la penalidad de la zoofilia en Ecuador en comparación con la legislación de otros países. Reforma COIP.

Abstract

Academic article that will have as its general objective Analysis of the penality of zoophilia in Ecuador in comparison with the legislation of other countries. By establishing how the crime of “zoophilia” should be classified as that act of direct violation against animals, in the Comprehensive Organic Penal Code; through doctrinal and legal foundations so that an appropriate penalty and sanction is incorporated, more severe and punishable according to the cruelty with which acts of bestiality that are practiced on domestic animals are practiced in this Ecuadorian penal body. The legal regulations of the Criminal field such as the COIP is the viable branch and penal body to provide protection to the integrity and life of domestic animals; It will be demonstrated that through legislation compared to other Latin American and European countries that the practice of bestiality is punished as a crime of serious conduct; due to the problem that the practice of zoophilia is a health hazard and involves violence towards animals. Therefore, obtaining knowledge from neighboring countries in relation to this crime may help Ecuadorian society to change and improve protection in the conception of domestic animals through criminal laws; ending in a reform proposal towards the COIP.