Animal Protection Act. Country/Territory Germany Document type Legislation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock Keyword Animal welfare Basic legislation Animal production Animal reproduction International trade Slaughtering Offences/penalties Geographical area Alps, Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Entry into force notes The present Act enters into force on 1 June 1998. Abstract The Act provides for regulations on protection of animals as fellow creatures and determines responsibility of human beings against animals in order to avoid give pain, cause damage and suffer to animals. The Act provides provisions on keeping, looking after and killing animals. The federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture is authorised to provide ordinances for the protection of animals. The Act consists of 22 articles divided into 12 Parts: Principles (I); Livestock farming (II); Killing of animals (III); Operations on animals (IV); Experiments with animals (V); Animal welfare officer (VI); Breeding, keeping animals, trading in animals (VII); Movement, traffic and keeping prohibitions (VIII); Other provisions for the protection of animals (IX); Implementation of the Law (X); Penalties (XII). Full text German Website www.bgbl.de