![]() The IBA will be the highest authority for the protection and welfare of companion and wild animals. The Special Animal Welfare Law establishes the creation of the IBA as an autonomous public institution. Now we have an instrument that is going to fine and next week an instrument that is going to penalize animal abuse.” David Martínez. The moral welfare of a society is measured in how we treat animals. While it is true, we have inherited 30 years of neglect in every way. This is a moral commitment that we had with society. The law also allows the creation of the Animal Welfare Institute (IBA). The El Salvador Animal Welfare Law passed with 76 votes in favor it seeks to benefit rescuer’s work and those groups that work for the care and protection of animals. "It's important that these cases be made public so that people are aware of the consequences of keeping wild animals in captivity," he said.Photo by Salvadoran Legislative Assembly approved the El Salvador Animal Welfare Law, whose principal function will be the complete protection of pets and companion animals. ![]() The case of the hawk shorn of its wings is particularly cruel, said Semeno. The hawk recovering after the feather transplant, eager to try out his new wingsĪ mutilated roadside hawk lies on an operating table as vets work to graft on a new set of wings The main objective of the environment ministry vets is "to send wild animals back to their natural habitat so they can continue to fulfill their role in the ecosystem," according to Coto. ![]() If we start to attack them or keep them in captivity, they will no longer fulfill their specific function," Coto said. Injured animals as diverse as boa constrictors and raccoons are sent to the clinic by members of the public or the country's environmental police. Coto says a release back into the wild is being set for next Friday. To the delight of veterinary team, the bird was soon able to fly five meters (17 feet) across a room, without losing a feather. Most birds molt and grow new feathers every year, but the transplant will mean this hawk won't have to wait the six-months to two years it would need to grow its wings back, during which Coto says it would likely die. The new feathers were carefully "inserted into the stump of the ones that were cut," the vet explained.Ī set of feathers from a dead hawk ready to be grafted on to the wings of a mutilated hawk at an environment ministry veterinary clinic in San Salvador Painstakingly, matching up identical feathers from another hawk that died months ago, Coto and his team were able to graft on a new set of wings to the 12-inch (30 centimeter) bird of prey in a two-hour operation. ![]() "Birds need to live in the open air, it's their natural way of living." "Trying to turn wild birds into pets is the same as killing them, because they can no longer reproduce," said Sermeno. It fell to the 30-year-old veterinary surgeon and his assistants to painstakingly graft on a new set of feathers to the wings of the brown-and-white animal in the hope it can fly again.Ĭlipping its wings-the act of a man who wanted to keep the wild hawk as a pet-"is the cruelest idea of what not to do to a bird," said an aghast Mauricio Sermeno, head of the Salvadoran Ecological Unit, an environmental NGO. But he was stunned when police recently brought him a large-beaked hawk that had its wing feathers hacked off. ![]()
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