INTERCIDS, Operadores Jurídicos por los Animales

What INTERCIDS, Operadores Jurídicos por los Animales does

INTERCIDS, Operadores Jurídicos por los Animales is a Spanish nonprofit legal professional association (entidad sin ánimo de lucro) founded in 2017 and headquartered in Barcelona. It is composed of more than 100 members drawn from every collective of the Spanish legal and justice system — judges, prosecutors, lawyers, procedural agents, security forces, and environmental agents — who contribute interdisciplinary expertise to improve animal protection legislation and enforcement. The organization does not sell products or services; its activities center on detecting legal gaps, drafting legislative proposals, providing expert input to public policy consultations (including formal participation as a vocalía on the Consejo Estatal de Protección Animal), training legal professionals through courses and conferences, and disseminating information to the public and media.

Its core outputs are informational and educational rather than technological: the BIDA legal newsletter, the 'Derecho y Animales' podcast (the first Spanish-language animal law podcast, with 170+ episodes), the 'Desmuntant els Tres Tombs' documentary (May 2026), and the intercids.org website. The organization is plural and independent — not affiliated with political parties, unions, or religious bodies — and its revenue model is entirely donation- and membership-based, with all income dedicated to its statutory social purposes. Strategic influence is exercised through formal memberships in pan-European coalitions (Eurogroup for Animals, End The Cage Age), academic partnerships (UPF Center for Animal Ethics), and professional alliances (CoPPA, DEPANA), which collectively extend its reach from Spanish national policy into EU-level legislative and judicial processes.

Name

INTERCIDS, Operadores Jurídicos por los Animales

Legal name

INTERCIDS, OPERADORES JURÍDICOS POR LOS ANIMALES

Website

https://intercids.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

INTERCIDS is a Barcelona-based nonprofit association of more than 100 Spanish legal professionals (judges, prosecutors, lawyers, security forces) that drafts animal protection legislation, trains legal operators, and influences policy through formal council and EU coalition participation.

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Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

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Europe

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B2B

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Services

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Revenue model

1. Donations and membership contributions: INTERCIDS is a nonprofit entity (entidad sin ánimo de lucro) registered in the Registro Nacional de Asociaciones. All income is entirely dedicated to the social purposes of the entity (legislative projects, public policies, guidance, training, and dissemination related to animal protection). Donations can be made to the organization's bank account (IBAN provided on the donations page).

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Core offering

INTERCIDS is a nonprofit association of Spanish legal professionals (judges, prosecutors, lawyers, procedural agents, security forces, and environmental agents) that detects legal gaps in animal protection legislation, drafts and submits legislative proposals and policy recommendations, provides expert legal guidance and protocols, and delivers specialized training. It also publishes free educational content including the BIDA newsletter, the "Derecho y Animales" podcast, and documentaries to inform legal professionals, policymakers, academia, and the public.

Product overview

INTERCIDS is a non-profit organization (Asociación sin ánimo de lucro) composed of legal professionals (judges, prosecutors, lawyers, security forces, environmental agents) working for effective legal protection of animals. Its portfolio consists primarily of informational and educational content products rather than commercial software: the BIDA legal journal (articles on animal law topics), the "Derecho y Animales" podcast (the first Spanish-language podcast on animal law), documentary productions (e.g., "Desmuntant els Tres Tombs"), and a website platform (intercids.org) serving as its primary information and communication channel. The organization does not offer software products or SaaS platforms; its activities center on legislation advocacy, public policy proposals, legal orientation, professional training, and public outreach.

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Brands

• BIDA: Boletín INTERCIDS de Derecho Animal - A legal journal publication covering animal law topics published by the organization.
• Derecho y Animales

Products and services

• BIDA - Boletín INTERCIDS de Derecho Animal (Newsletter) A free legal journal publication covering animal law topics, distributed by email subscription, with articles written by legal experts on current and specific issues in animal protection legislation and jurisprudence.
• Derecho y Animales (Podcast) The first Spanish-language podcast dedicated to Animal Law, featuring interviews with legal professionals (judges, prosecutors, lawyers) on animal cruelty cases and related legal topics, with over 170 episodes produced. Available on iROAR (The Animal Podcasting Network) and other podcast platforms.
• Desmuntant els Tres Tombs (Documentary) A documentary produced by INTERCIDS exposing the welfare issues faced by horses and donkeys used in the "Tres Tombs" festive tradition in Catalonia, available for free viewing on YouTube.
• Legislative proposals and public policy contributions Expert legislative proposals, policy recommendations, and formal pronouncements drafted by INTERCIDS members and submitted to government bodies (Congreso de los Diputados, Junta de Galicia, Barcelona City Council, Consejo Estatal de Protección Animal) and EU institutions to advance animal protection law.
• Professional formation and training programs Specialized formation programs, courses, conferences, seminars, and webinars on animal protection law delivered to legal professionals (judges, prosecutors, lawyers, procedural agents, security forces, environmental agents), academic institutions, and animal protection entities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Legislative proposal to ban octopus farms presented in May 2025, registered by several parliamentary groups in the Congress of Deputies.
• +3 more outcomes

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Eurogroup for AnimalscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerINTERCIDS is a member of Eurogroup for Animals, a pan-European animal advocacy organization that coordinates animal welfare policy across the EU, giving INTERCIDS access to European legislative processes and coalition advocacy.
• End The Cage AgecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerINTERCIDS is a member of the European End The Cage Age coalition, which successfully led the European Citizens' Initiative that gathered 1.4+ million signatures demanding an end to caged animal farming in the EU. INTERCIDS participates in coalition actions including EU court proceedings against the European Commission for inaction on the cage ban.
• Center for Animal Ethics UPF-CAE (Universidad Pompeu Fabra)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerINTERCIDS maintains academic collaboration with the Center for Animal Ethics at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF-CAE) for research and knowledge generation on animal law ethics.
• Coordinadora de Profesionales por la Prevención de Abusos (CoPPA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoPPA is a nonprofit entity made up of professionals from psychology, psychiatry, sociology, law, criminology, and human rights defense. INTERCIDS collaborates with CoPPA, including on issues linking animal abuse with other forms of violence and on proposals for animal-inclusive disaster emergency planning.
• iROAR – The Animal Podcasting NetworkminorOthersThe 'Derecho y Animales' podcast is a member of iROAR, The Animal Podcasting Network, expanding its reach within the global animal-focused podcasting community.
• DEPANA, Lliga per a la Defensa del Patrimoni NaturalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerINTERCIDS collaborated with DEPANA to present a joint pronouncement to the Barcelona City Council's animal protection council against the use of animals in the 'Tres Tombs' festivities.
• Coalición Española End The Cage Age (AnimaNaturalis, CIWF, OBA, INTERCIDS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Spanish coalition of End The Cage Age includes INTERCIDS alongside AnimaNaturalis, Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), and the Observatorio de Bienestar Animal (OBA). This coalition coordinates advocacy in Spain for the EU cage ban and has organized joint protests and legal actions.

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Broad incumbents

• AnimaNaturalis: Spain's largest grassroots animal-rights organization and INTERCIDS coalition partner in End The Cage Age; comparable in advocacy agenda but operates with mass-membership scale rather than a legal-professional niche.
• Compassion in World Farming (CIWF): International farm-animal welfare NGO and coalition partner in End The Cage Age; overlapping mission on intensive farming reform and EU policy engagement, with far larger resources than INTERCIDS.
• Eurogroup for Animals: Pan-European umbrella of which INTERCIDS is a member; coordinates animal welfare advocacy across the EU and provides INTERCIDS with supranational legislative access, making it a parent-coalition peer.
• FAADA - Fundación para el Asesoramiento y Acción en Defensa de los Animales: Spain-wide animal-advocacy foundation providing legal orientation, lobbying, and citizen-action tools; overlaps with INTERCIDS in legal-advocacy services to citizens but covers a wider advocacy portfolio.

Direct peers

• DEPANA - Lliga per a la Defensa del Patrimoni Natural: Catalan natural-heritage and animal-protection organization that co-authored the joint pronouncement against Tres Tombs with INTERCIDS; directly comparable in regional advocacy and coalition behavior.
• ABADA - Asociación Balear de Abogados por los Derechos de los Animales: Balearic-Islands association of lawyers for animal rights; the most direct functional mirror of INTERCIDS at a regional level, composed of legal professionals dedicated to animal law advocacy.
• Observatorio de Bienestar Animal (OBA): Spanish animal-welfare observatory and fellow coalition partner in End The Cage Age; comparable in producing legal/policy analysis and outreach, but with a research-and-reporting orientation rather than practitioner-membership.
• AADA - Abogacía Andaluza por la Defensa Animal: Andalusian lawyers-for-animal-defense association; another regional legal-professional association that has publicly recognized INTERCIDS's podcast, confirming direct comparability in mission and constituency.

Emerging players

• Coordinadora de Profesionales por la Prevención de Abusos (CoPPA): Coalition of psychology, psychiatry, sociology, law, and criminology professionals collaborating with INTERCIDS on violence-linkage and disaster-emergency animal issues; an adjacent multidisciplinary professional peer.
• Center for Animal Ethics UPF-CAE (Universitat Pompeu Fabra): Academic research center at UPF collaborating with INTERCIDS on ethics and animal-law knowledge generation; a research-oriented peer that anchors the scholarly leg of the same ecosystem.

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