Nood aan zwarte lijst van dierenmishandelaars
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“Dierenmishandelaars moeten een levenslang houdverbod van dieren krijgen. Een tijdelijk houdverbod is onvoldoende”, zegt Kamerlid Katleen Bury. “Uit cijfers die ik opvroeg bij minister van Justitie Vincent Van Quickenborne (Open Vld) blijkt dat meer en meer zaken van dierenverwaarlozing en -mishandeling voor de rechtbank komen.”
“De rechtbank van Tongeren heeft op 19 april een man veroordeeld tot een verbod om de komende drie jaar nog dieren te houden”, aldus Bury. “Het ging om een schrijnend geval van dierenmishandeling. Bij de man werden vorige zomer 425 verwaarloosde dieren ontdekt, zowel in zijn tuin als in zijn woning.”
“Er is nog heel wat werk aan de winkel op het vlak van dierenwelzijn en aanpak van dierenmishandelaars”
Tussen 2017 en eind 2021 steeg het aantal zaken rond dierenwelzijn dat bij de correctionele parketten binnen kwam van 2.317 (2017) naar 3.055 (2021). Ook het aantal veroordelingen voor misdrijven tegen het dierenwelzijn steeg de jongste jaren: van 150 in 2017, naar 173 in 2018 en 246 in 2019. “Cijfers voor recentere jaren zijn nog steeds niet beschikbaar”, vervolgt Bury. “Maar het aantal uitgesproken verboden om dieren te houden steeg van 71 in 2017, naar 77 in 2018 en 112 in 2019.”
Het Vlaams Belang pleit daarom voor het optrekken van de minimumstraffen voor ernstige dierenmishandeling tot drie jaar effectieve gevangenisstraf. “Een tijdelijk verbod op het houden van dieren, zoals vandaag door de rechtbank in Tongeren uitgesproken, is ook onvoldoende”, besluit Bury. “Een levenslang houdverbod van dieren voor dierenmishandelaars is het enige juiste en passende signaal.” Daarnaast pleit onze partij ook voor de opstart van een zwarte lijst van dierenmishandelaars en -verwaarlozers aan wie geen dieren meer verkocht mogen worden.