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This article is an attempt to reflect on the role of guilt as a criminal law structure for the legal protection of animals in the case of animal abuse. It distinguishes two groups of issues: first, the concept of guilt in criminal law, with particular emphasis on intentional guilt and direct intention; second, the analysis of the animal abuse crime in the doctrine and jurisprudence.