Overview

• In an ordinary session of the local Congress, deputy Jesús Sesma of the PVEM formally presented a reform to the capital’s Animal Protection and Welfare Law.
• The proposal would prohibit the physical exhibition of live animals—companion, wild, or farm—in commercial establishments and in stores dedicated to sale or adoption.
• It requires that transactions be carried out through remote or technological means designed to prevent direct contact between animals offered and potential buyers.
• Sesma argued that in-store display causes stress and disease in animals, encourages impulsive purchases, and can enable mistreatment and illegal trafficking, with public-health risks also cited.
• Referencing actions in New York, Spain and France, he framed the measure as a response to citizen demands that now awaits discussion and possible vote in the CDMX Congress.