Doping of oxens in stone dragging competitions. Commentary of the Judgment 214/2016 of 2nd September, of the Criminal Court Nr. 4 of Bilbao

Abstract

With the agreement of the accused, the sentence condemns the owner of two oxen to whom he supplied amphetamines in a competition with bets in a locality of Bizkaia, and who died agonizingly because of the effect of these substances. In addition to analyzing the content of the ruling, the author reflects on the administrative implications of this type of conduct, and the significance of her conviction in criminal justice.