Research On Compensation For Damage To Pets

Over the past decade,the number of pets,especially pet dogs,has grown rapidly.As a result,the number of cases of pet abuse has gradually increased,and the compensation for the pet owners' spiritual damages is not supported by the majority of courts because there are no provisions in the law.Our country law provisions of the personality of symbolic specific commemorative can claim compensation for mental damage,damage to or loss but the stipulate the scope of protection is too narrow,there is no other personality such as pet.Today,pets become more and more family's way of life,a pet is no longer pure animal as a kind of instrumental existence,and is regarded as an irreplaceable companion pets even regarded as close relatives or family members.We cannot deny the fact that pets carry the emotional benefits of their owners,which will cause great mental anguish to their owners.It is reasonable and feasible to damage the pet's claim for spiritual damage.This article does not probe into the welfare and legal protection of pets,and focuses on the special protection of pets,which is to stand in the perspective of the pet owner.When the third person infringes upon the pet,whether it will cause the damage of the owner's personality interest,whether it can obtain the compensation for spiritual damage.Such a view is not so much to protect the pet as to protect the owner of the pet.