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A project by Animal Law Italia

Pet Law

Use the law to protect animals: report cruelty, ask our lawyers, find out what you can do case by case. Free and ad-free.

Report animal cruelty Go to Pet Law

Pet Law is for anyone who wants to act when an animal is in trouble in Italy: understand what the law says, report cruelty, get help from our legal team. It is free, without ads, and it lives on donations to Animal Law Italia. The site is in Italian; the cruelty report form is also in English.

What you can do

The law, in the hands of those who protect animals

Report animal cruelty

Open to everyone, tourists included, in English. In person, for what you saw, or online, for posts, videos and ads. Your report goes to our legal team.

On WhatsApp too

Write REPORT to +39 379 155 5556: the assistant asks the form’s questions and sends you a summary to check. Experimental, the first in Italy. Not an emergency number.

Ask our legal team

People who support ALI with the Tessera can send a question to our lawyers and get a written answer. The service is in Italian.

Guides and letter templates

Over thirty guides on what Italian law says and what you can do, updated to Law 82/2025, and ready-made letters to the police, the vet service, the town council. In Italian.

Children and schools

Quizzes, branching stories and colouring pages; mock trials for secondary schools. Used in class without accounts and without collecting data. In Italian.

Your animals’ record book

Health record, reminders, vet costs for the Italian tax return. Help ready if an animal gets lost, or if something happens to you. Free for shelters too.

Open to everyone

Did you see an animal being mistreated?

Report it on Pet Law: it is not a criminal complaint, we read it and decide how to act. Your name is never given to the person you report. If the animal is in danger right now, call 112.

Report on Pet Law How it works

Questions and answers

Pet Law is Animal Law Italia’s project for using the law to protect animals. You can report cruelty, on WhatsApp too, and people with the Tessera can ask our lawyers. There are over thirty guides on what Italian law says, letter templates from our legal team, quizzes for children and schools, and a digital record book for your animals.

The cruelty report form is, and our legal team answers English reports in English. The rest of Pet Law (guides, letters, quizzes, the record book) is in Italian, because it explains Italian law.

Nothing. Pet Law is free, without ads and without selling data. It exists thanks to people who support Animal Law Italia.

With the report form, open to everyone: «In person» for what you saw, «Online» for posts, videos and ads. Or write REPORT on WhatsApp to +39 379 155 5556 (experimental). It is not a criminal complaint, and your name is never given to the person you report. If an animal is in danger right now, call 112.

Not to report: you only confirm your email with a code. Guides, letters and quizzes work without an account too. An account is needed for the record book and for writing to the legal team.

No. They give general information on what the law says and what you can do, and do not replace professional advice.

Animal Law Italia ETS, an Italian non-profit that has worked on animal law for over ten years: it changes laws, brings strategic cases and gets existing rules enforced. The guides and letters are written by our legal team.

Support Pet Law

Pet Law is free and ad-free thanks to people who support Animal Law Italia with a donation.

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