חוק צער בעלי חיים (הגנה על בעלי חיים) (תיקון מס' 10), התשע"ו-2015Animal Cruelty Law (Protection of Animals) (Amendment No. 10), 2015 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Animal Welfare Law (Protection of Animals) (Amendment No. 10), 2015 amends several matters concerning the manner of implementation and enforcement of the Animal Welfare Law (Protection of Animals), 1994, including: imposing an obligation on the owner or keeper of an animal to prevent cruelty to it and to provide for its subsistence needs, improving and updating the provisions regarding the seizure of animals and the conditions for their return to their owners, payment of expenses for the seizure of an animal and for its care, increasing the severity of punishment for offenses committed under aggravating circumstances, the responsibility of officeholders in a corporation whose business involves animals to supervise and act to prevent certain offenses under the Law being committed by the corporation, and a provision regarding weighing considerations of animal protection when exercising powers under other laws concerning the raising, keeping, and treatment of animals and their produce.

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