Cabinet Regulation No. 407 of 2006 on Welfare Requirements of Animals in Animal Shelters and Animal Boarding Facilities, Procedures for Transferring Animals to Animal Shelters or Animal Boarding Facilities, as well as Procedures for Registration of Animal Shelters and Animal Boarding Facilities

Country/Territory: Latvia
Document type: Regulation
Date: 2006 (2008)
Source: FAO, FAOLEX
Original source: "Latvijas Vēstnesis", 83 (3451), 30.05.2006.

Subject: Livestock
Keyword: Animal welfare Registration Inspection Governance Local government
Geographical area: Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe

Abstract: The Regulation prescribes the welfare requirements of animals in animal shelters and animal boarding facilities, the procedures for transferring animals to a shelter or boarding facility, as well as the procedures for registration of shelters and boarding facilities. The Food and Veterinary Service shall perform the State supervision and control in shelters and boarding facilities. The owner of the shelter or boarding facility or an authorised person thereof shall be responsible for the compliance with the Regulation. A local government shall, once every six months, send the following data to the territorial structural unit of the Service: regarding the catching of stray pet animals, specifying the animal species, number and actions involving them; regarding the accommodation of confiscated or removed pet animals, specifying the animal species, number and actions involving them; regarding the accommodation of wild animals in a helpless situation, specifying the animal species, number and actions involving them; and regarding buried and cremated animal carcasses, specifying the animal species and number.
Full text: English
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References - Legislation

Implements

Veterinary Medicine Law (2001)

Legislation | Latvia | 2001 (2001)

Keyword: Meat, Milk/dairy products, Food quality control/food safety, Disinfection/disinfestation, Drugs, Animal health, Pests/diseases, Animal welfare, Basic legislation, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Internal trade, Authorization/permit, Governance, Procedural matters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Animal Protection Law (1999)

Legislation | Latvia | 1999 (2017)

Keyword: Animal health, Animal welfare, Transport/storage, Slaughtering, Basic legislation, Classification/declassification, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Standards, Ranching/captive breeding, Hunting/capture, Game, Hunting rights, Keeping of live animals, Management/conservation, Protection of species, Wild fauna, Trade in species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX