The October 2014 animal rights law at least has given the authorities a framework within which to investigate and if necessary prosecute those who "without reasonable cause, inflicts pain, suffering or any other physical abuse to a companion animal…”
Animal rights groups and those that look after abandoned and mistreated pets may be cautiously optimistic that in a country that seems to take forever to achieve change, there have been 98 crimes registered against animals and 4,536 fines in the first year of the law’s operation.