Chile: Supreme Court supports SAG decision to euthanize horses due to suspected glanders

Published 2025년 10월 28일

Tridge summary

The court dismissed the compensation claim for $1.8 billion. The SAG's decision was considered to be in accordance with the law and the available scientific evidence. It ruled out lack of service because the SAG's action was necessary due to the health risk. It was justified based on laboratory tests. The regulatory framework allows for slaughter in the "suspicion" of infectious and contagious diseases. Protection of public health as a priority legal interest.

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The Supreme Court declared the form cassation appeal inadmissible, and rejected, for manifest lack of foundation, the substantive cassation appeal brought against the ruling of the Santiago Court of Appeals, which, rejecting the form cassation and appeal appeals brought by the plaintiff, confirmed the ruling of the Twenty-Fourth Civil Court of Santiago, which rejected the claim for damages filed against the Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG). The plaintiff requested that the SAG be ordered to compensate for the damages resulting from the sacrifice of 27 horses of her property, ordered by the Regional Metropolitan Director of the agency, a responsibility she pursued primarily based on the lack of service and, as a subsidiary claim, alleging an unequal distribution of public burdens. The amount she claimed amounted to $1,801,253,195, composed of $336,485,995 for direct damage and $1,461,767,200 for lost profits or loss of opportunity. The substantive judges ruled out that the ...

Source: Agromeat