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Animal Welfare Law.

Country
Serbia
Type of law
Legislation
Source
FAO , FAOLEX
Keywords
Abstract
This Law provides for: rules and measures for general animal welfare and protection; rights, duties and responsibilities of private and legal subjects; animal welfare during the process of growth; general life conditions and slaughtering; trading and transportation; tests and scientific experiments; other relevant and significant facts and security measures; and offences and penalties.
This Law applies to: animals used during production process; animals used for science research, biomedical and education causes; animals used for public activities, competitions, parades and shows; animals used at work; house pets; abandoned and lost animals; and wild animals kept in captivity.
Attached files
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/srb104589.pdf
Web site
http://www.mpt.gov.rs
Date of text
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force eight days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Repealed
No
Publication reference
Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia 41/2009
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Zakon o Dobrobiti Zivotinja.
Implemented by
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Regulation on conditions to be met by animal kennels.
Regulation on the content of authorizations for animal transport, and the elements to determine the long and short transport of animals.
Regulation on the conditions to be met when loading, handling and unloading animals, places for animal rest and on control stations.
Regulation on the conditions to be met by the zoo, or the mini zoo and elements for determining the mini zoo.
Regulation on the method of keeping dogs that may pose threat to the environment.
Regulation on conditions for registration of animal experiments and the keeping of the register, the training programme about the welfare of experimental animals, the application form for the approval of the implementation of animal tests, the method of care, treatment and killing of experimental animals, as well as on the content and manner of keeping the records on keeping, reproduction, circulation, or the implementation of experiments on animals.
Regulation on the training program on animal welfare related to the animal transport, as well as the content and manner of keeping the register of animal transporters.
Regulation on the conditions and means of depriving the animal life, the treatment of animals immediately before slaughtering, the method of stunning and bleeding of animals, conditions and manner of slaughtering of animals without prior stunning as well as the training program about the welfare of animals during slaughtering.
Regulation on the conditions for animal welfare in terms of space for the animals, premises and equipment in production facilities, the method of keeping, breeding and transport of some animal species and categories, as well as the keeping of records about animals.
Regulation on conditions in terms of transport vehicles in which animals are transported.
Regulation on the conditions and duration of quarantine for imported animals.