Published: 2023-06-13

Crimes against Animals under the Animal Protection Act

Anna Fijałkowska Logo ORCID

Abstract

The article discusses regulations concerning the crimes of killing and abusing animals in the Polish legal system. The provisions of the Regulation of the President of the Republic of Poland of March 22, 1928 and the Act on the Protection of Animals of August 21, 1997 are analyzed. The following topics are discussed: the history of the provisions on crimes against animals, the subject of protection of the provisions of the Act on the Protection of Animals, along with considerations regarding the subjectivity of animals. The subject-matter of crimes that fall within this category is also considered, i.e., a description of the premises which make it possible to classify a given act as a crime. The subject of prohibited acts as well as the subjective side in the form of the perpetrator’s motivation are analyzed as well.

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Fijałkowska, A. (2023). Crimes against Animals under the Animal Protection Act. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, (1 (11), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2023.11.08

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No. 1 (11) (2023)
Published: 2023-06-30


ISSN: 2719-2687
eISSN: 2451-3849
Ikona DOI 10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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