Act amending the Animal Protection Act. Country/Territory Poland Document type Legislation Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Journal of Laws 2011 No. 230 Pos. 1373 Subject Livestock, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Animal welfare Slaughtering Birds Keeping of live animals Hunting/capture Wild fauna Geographical area Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries Entry into force notes This Act entered into force on 1 January 2012. Abstract This Act amends 17 points of the Animal Protection Act and, in particular, establishes cases when killing of animals is allowed: (1) slaughtering of livestock and killing wild birds and mammals kept for meat or fur; (2) fishing in accordance with legislation on fishery; (3) necessity of immediate killing; (4) activities necessary to prevent serious sanitary danger to human or animals; (5) killing animals posing a direct threat to human or other animals, if there are no other means; (6) hunting and reduction of wild game; (7) killing blind litters. Full text Polish Website isap.sejm.gov.pl References - Legislation Amends Animal Protection Act. Legislation | Poland | 1997 (2022) Keyword: Animal welfare, Slaughtering, Transport/storage, Offences/penalties, Basic legislation, Wild fauna, Keeping of live animals Source: FAO, FAOLEX