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Our Story
- October 2017
In October 2017, a video was published on Facebook showing two teenagers in Albania killing a dog by hitting it on the head with an axe, solely to post the act online.
The video reached our page and we publicly denounced it. It sparked massive outrage in public opinion, and we received many reactions urging us to do more. After a large protest, we decided to use a constitutional provision that allows at least 20,000 adult citizens to submit a petition to Parliament requesting the approval of a law.
- One month
In a record time of just one month, we collected around 55,000 signatures. Based on this, we drafted several provisions to the Penal Code that criminalized violence against and the killing of animals.
- 2019
In 2019, Parliament approved part of these provisions, making history, as it was the first time in Albania that the Penal Code recognized violence against and the killing of animals as criminal offenses.