FROM LEGAL RECOGNITION TO THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY: ANIMAL LAW AND EDUCATION FOR HUMAN-ANIMAL RELATIONS IN BASIC EDUCATION

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https://doi.org/10.51891/rease.v12i11.31703

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Animal sentience, Basic education, Cruelty prevention

Abstract

This study analyzes the relationship between advances in Animal Law and the need for educational strategies aimed at preventing animal cruelty. It discusses the legal and scientific transformation of animals’ status, driven by the recognition of sentience and the expansion of constitutional and statutory animal protection in Brazil. It argues that stronger legal protection, although essential, does not by itself ensure changes in social practices, particularly in the face of the cultural normalization of animal suffering and emerging forms of producing, circulating, and encouraging violence in digital environments. Based on bibliographic and documentary research, the study examines interfaces among Animal Law, Environmental Education, humane education, and Basic Education. As a theoretical and educational contribution, it proposes Human–Animal Relations Education (HARE), structured around five interdependent dimensions: scientific, ethical, legal, socio-environmental, and digital. The proposal seeks to foster interspecies ethical, legal, and scientific literacy, grounded in the capacities to perceive, understand, problematize, judge, and act. The study concludes that the social effectiveness of animal protection requires articulating legal accountability, prevention, and education.

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  • Mariana Luna de Castro Barros, Faculdade Salesiana do Nordeste

    Bachelor’s degree in Accounting (2004) and a bachelor’s degree in Law (2014). She has experience in judicial and extrajudicial forensic accounting, legal practice, and higher education teaching. She serves as a court-appointed accounting expert in proceedings before the Court of Justice of the State of Pernambuco, Brazil, contributing to the production of expert evidence. She holds accounting professional registration No. 18,942/PE, national registration No. 233, and Brazilian Bar Association registration No. 39,389 in the Pernambuco section (OAB/PE). Her legal practice focuses on Civil Law and Tax Law.

    From August 2009 to December 2018, she taught Judicial and Extrajudicial Forensic Accounting in an undergraduate Accounting program. She also serves as a guest lecturer in MBA programs, teaching topics related to forensic accounting evidence in judicial proceedings. She is professionally based in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.

  • Cláudio Kitner, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo

    Degree in Law from the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (2000) and a teaching degree in History from Estácio de Sá (2024). He completed postgraduate studies in Tax Law at Fundação Getulio Vargas (2001) and holds a master’s degree in Fundamental Rights from the Faculdade Damas de Instrução Cristã. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in Philosophy of Law at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo and serves as a federal judge in Pernambuco, Brazil. He has experience in Law, with an emphasis on Public Law.

  • Rafael Santos de Aquino, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco

    Has been a professor at the Instituto Federal do Sertão Pernambucano (IFSertãoPE), Brazil, since 2010. He holds a degree in Animal Science from the Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE) and participated in the CAPES/FIPSE Brazil–United States Undergraduate Exchange Program between UFRPE and Texas A&M University, where he obtained a specialization in Agriculture and Life Sciences. He also holds a teaching degree in Biological Sciences from UFRPE, a postgraduate specialization in Biology Education from Universidade Cândido Mendes (UCAM), and a master’s degree in Animal Science from UFRPE.

    He completed a cotutelle doctorate jointly supervised by the Graduate Program in Science and Mathematics Education (PPGEC/UFRPE) and the École Doctorale Éducation, Cultures, Politiques at Université Lumière Lyon 2, France, earning doctoral degrees in Science and Mathematics Education from UFRPE and in Education and Training Sciences from the French university.

    His areas of expertise include Animal Science, Biology, Science Education, applied Statistical Implicative Analysis (SIA), Multicultural Education, and mixed methods research applied to teaching and education. He is a permanent faculty member of the Graduate Program in Professional and Technological Education (ProfEPT), a professional master’s program offered through a nationwide network, at IFSertãoPE’s Salgueiro campus. He served as Pro-Rector for Teaching at IFSertãoPE from June 2024 to August 2025.

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Published

2026-11-04

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Vol. 12 No. 11 (2026): evista Ibero-Americana de Humanidades, Ciências e Educação — REASE

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How to Cite

Barros, M. L. de C., Kitner, C., & Aquino, R. S. de. (2026). FROM LEGAL RECOGNITION TO THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY: ANIMAL LAW AND EDUCATION FOR HUMAN-ANIMAL RELATIONS IN BASIC EDUCATION. Revista Ibero-Americana de Humanidades, Ciências E Educação, 12(11), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.51891/rease.v12i11.31703

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