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Prohibition of keeping the animal on the chain
With regard to the amendment to the Veterinary Care Act, it is
necessary to resolve the ban on keeping dogs on the chains, since
the proposed law does not touch this issue at all.
The best and the most straightforward way to ban keeping dogs
on the chain is to edit a direct ban on keeping dogs on a chain or
other similar medium that prevents a free movement of dogs
(under the chain we understand any binder such as a twine, rope,
wire or other alternatives). In order to meet the requirements for
free movement, physiological and ethological needs, the dog has
to be allowed to move freely every day without being fastened.
Also in order to develop their own givens and physiological
expressions, the dogs shall not be chained except the time
necessary for their feeding, cleaning, checking, medication
procedures or any other serious cause and just for a limited time
period.
3 Conclusion
The article focuses on the "major" amendment to the Act on
Veterinary Care which emerges from the need to increase the
protection of the legal status of animals in the Slovak Republic.
The amendment to the Act on Veterinary Care was prepared by
the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the
Slovak Republic. Subsequently, after the own text of the
amendment to the Act on Veterinary Care was prepared, the
Ministry initiated an inter-ministerial commentary procedure.
The need to amend the Act on Veterinary Care is also evident
from the interest of the professional public and the general
public in increasing the protection of the legal status of animals
in the Slovak Republic. The considerable interest was also
reflected in the number of comments submitted on the
amendment to the Veterinary Care Act in the inter-ministerial
commentary procedure.
The draft law itself, however, in many ways brings confusion
and the possibility of a varied interpretation, which in the end
will cause application problems in practice. It will not increase
the protection of the legal status of animals in the Slovak
Republic, but, on the contrary, will increase the public's mistrust
in the legal regulation in this field.
Literature:
1.
Act No. 39/2007 Coll. Veterinary care Act as amended
2.
Act No. 300/2005 Coll. Criminal Code Act as amended
3.
Act No. 40/1964 Coll. Civil Code Act of Slovak republic as
amended
4.
Act No. 246/1992 Coll. Protection of animals against cruelty
as amended
5.
Act No. 89/2012 Coll. Civil Code Act of Czech Republic as
amended
6.
Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
of the Slovak Republic No. 143/2012 Coll. about keeping
dangerous animals
7.
Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic
No. 123/2008 Coll. on details of the protection of pets and
requirements for quarantine stations and animal shelters.
8.
Government ruling (of Slovak republic) No. 432/2012 Coll.
which stipulate requirements for the protection of animals
during slaughter
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Secondary Paper Section: AG
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