The legislation will also regulate the use of devices designed to restrain and train companion animals.

Both bills were presented by the PAN party and were approved with votes against from the PSD and CDS-PP and an abstention from the PCP. Iniciativa Liberal voted against the bill regulating restraint and training devices and abstained on the proposal to ban chaining animals and keeping them on balconies.

In the latter case, the final text states that “companion animals must not be left without supervision appropriate to their physiological and ethological needs for a period that could compromise their welfare, health or safety”.

The Government now has 90 days after the law’s publication in the Official Gazette to establish the rules governing its implementation.

Restraint devices

PAN also secured approval for one of its measures regulating the use of devices designed to restrain and train companion animals. The sale and use of collars that may cause pain, injury or stress to animals will be prohibited.

The legislation states that “when it is necessary to use restraint or training methods, these must not cause unnecessary injury, pain or distress to animals”.


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