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Regional Law No. 64-13 “On stray animals”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Saint Petersburg
Document type
Legislation
Date
2008
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal welfare Registration
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Entry into force notes
This Regional law enters into force 10 days after the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Regional Law establishes the grounds for state policy in the sphere of treatment of stray animals. It shall be related to cats and dogs which owners are unknown. Basic principles of state policy related to stray animals shall be as follows: (a) the number of stray animals shall be subject to regulation; and (b) human attitude to stray animals shall be the basis for regulation of the number of stray animals. Regional Government shall be responsible for organization of stray animals’ shelter and registration of stray animals.

Full text
Russian
Website
regzakon.fpa.su

References - Legislation

Repealed by

Regional Law No. 612-139 “On delimitation of powers of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and the Government of St. Petersburg in the field of animal handling”.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2019

Keyword: Animal welfare, Local government, Transport/storage, Institution, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX