Animal Keeping Ordinance 2003. Country/Territory Austria Territorial subdivision Vorarlberg Document type Regulation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Vorarlberger Landesgesetzblatt, Text No. 30, 24 June 2003, pp. 73-91. Long titleOrdinance by the regional government on keeping of certain animals. Subject Livestock Keyword Animal welfare Hygiene/sanitary procedures Animal health Swine Equine-animals Poultry Sheep/goats Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract An Ordinance to regulate the keeping of animals in the Region of Vorarlberg. The basic idea is that animals have to be protected and well treated; for example, they have to be well and regularly fed and kept in appropriate places with enough space and the right climatic conditions. Thereafter the Ordinance treats issues such as the keeping of animals in agriculture (Part 2); in particular, this Part deals with the keeping of pigs, horses, sheep and goats and poultry. Part 3 governs the keeping of other domestic animals and especially of dogs. The Ordinance consists of 56 articles divided into 4 Parts and 7 Annexes. Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at References - Legislation Repeals Animal Keeping Ordinance. Legislation | Austria | 1997 Keyword: Animal welfare, Swine, Equine-animals, Sheep/goats, Poultry, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Agricultural development Source: FAO, FAOLEX