Here Are 10 Laws On Animal Protection From Different Countries That Might Help You Believe In Humanity Again

New Zealand is a forward-thinking country in so many ways. It's FAR ahead of the USA and Australia and most European countries.

What a wonderful country. They have affirmed what so many already know. The most unselfish love in the galaxy!

Our politicians didn't allow this law to pass last year, f*****g pathetic i know but it's more about the changes that will come with the law, not so much the law itself but i was very disappointed.

This one gives me a warm fuzzy feeling <3

Yay!!!

These are good, sensible laws. Particularly the commercial breeding one.

Excellent!!!

Eh? Well you can try notifying any of them, but you'll be lucky if anyone comes, sometime they don't come even if the cat or dog was hit by a car and is hurt. And of course there are strays, maybe not so noticeable in the cities, as there are funds for neutering and feeding them, but out in the country there are. Also commercial breeding is allowed, but it is regulated by the law.

I'm Polish. It doesn't work. Law On Animal Protection suck in Poland :(

this is the best

They ought to give the same fine for dumping off dogs (or other animals). If they can prove you dumped the dog, then you should do the time. How terrible and heartbreaking to leave an animal and all of a sudden they are left to fend for themselves, find food and a place out of the cold, heat or otherwise

if you dont have kids, but you do have a dog, and u feel like ur dog is ur kid, and he/she gets kidnapped, then it all makes sense now

The downside is that sometimes dogs or cats for that matter need to be stolen to rescue them from an abusive human. It would be better to pass laws with significant punishments (e.g. minimum prison sentence of at least 5 years) for abusers, neglect, abandonment. In fact this needs to happen in every state and territory of this nation. Puppy mills and back yard breeders should be banned completely nationwide with even more severe penalties. If you don't know what a puppy mill is or if you have never seen one you should Google "puppy mill" to understand why it is so evil. If you purchase a puppy at a pet store there is a high chance that puppy comes from a puppy mill. If a puppy comes with papers that are not from AKC then the chance is high that it is a puppy mill puppy. The brokers that purchase the puppies from the mills have their own registry to make themselves look legitimate. I've seen the damage done by puppy mills after adopting. a rescue breeder dog. It was heartbreak!

Yeah, BUT Virginia is in the news every few months for dogfighting issues. Soooooo whats really going on.

he remembers in a dogs purpose when the main characters is left in the car by the guy getting a drink and ethans mother finds him almost dead. I would remember the liscense plate and be like ARREST THAT MAN!!!!!

Anyone else want to just reach through the screen to pet this cat? It's hair just looks so soft.

Co-parenting a pet is hard if you dont want to see the ex at all but have to for the pets sake

Good.

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Lets say if a spouse A had pet for 15 years before A even met spouse B. But they are co-owners of pet for last 10 years now. Assuming level of care for pet will not be affected after divorce by either spouse. What happens in that case? Who gets to keep the pet?

No word on when Russia plans to ban cruelty to journalists and opposition politicians?

What about the Russian circuses filled with tigers and that, why is that not included in this law?

Still okay to be cruel to gay people though so yay Russia I guess

Laws have loopholes when they aren't vague enough

There are city-dwelling stray dog packs in russia that cross the border to here Finland and start attacking people and animals. I think they have a long way to go.

I have no issue with this, it might help stop animal hoarders

Just like the pet license in the US

OMG, that dog on the right is hilarious. The stare!

Same in Canada.

Good grief they already tax the c**p out of your income

The punishment should be to suffer the same abuse that the animal suffered plus 20 or more years in prison. I thought the title said this post would restore my faith in humanity. Giving an animal abuser 5 years doesn't cut it.

Bored panda... you need to add that it is ILLEGAL to Declaw a cat, and dock a dogs ears or tail. I believe laws include dew claws, but the laws in the UK regarding any cosmetic and cruel procedures done on pets are prohibited. I only found this out when I moved to the UK from the US and adopted a rescue kitty. But when researching the laws/reasons, I was horrified that the US still allows and even encourages such practices! I think bored panda should do an even more in depth article re these procedures and why (especially declaring cats) is inhumane, cruel and lead to lifetime disability and pain for pets!

Improvement but still not good enough, we have just passed a law which makes puppy farms illegal so that's good as well.

these laws are really good to hear

that's all?!

Interesting photo choice. Pitt-bulls (and related variants) were officially prohibited in Germany in 2001.