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ANIMALS IN SERBIA

 Ivan Kurajov

President of the Society for the Protection of Animals LJUBIMCI

OVERVIEW

 General situation  Animal welfare law  Other regulations  Companion animals  Abandoned- stray animals  Farm animals  Non-governmental organizations

General situation

 Historical perspective

• Political & economical situation
• Social situation
• Attitude towards the animals and their

welfare

ANIMAL WELFARE LAW

 First animal welfare law – 2009  89 articles  Protects all the animals ( wild,

domestic, companion, farm, animals used in experiments..)

 Promotes humane approach and

practices

Other regulations

 Serbia has ratified all European

conventions about animal health and welfare

 State ministry has also adopted all the

• perating procedures according to the

animal welfare law

Implementation

 Inspecting bodies understaffed  No clear overview  Lack of information  Partial implementation  Enforcement – NGO’s

Companion animals

 About 1,3 million pets  All pets should be microchiped and all

the owners should be in the central database

 Veterinary inspection and local

communal inspectors care about

• wnership and welfare

 Animal rehoming increasing

Abandoned animals

 Every municipality should have

abandoned animal program

 Only 20% does have this program  CNR/ TNR/ CNVR programs  Animal sheltering- 20 registered shelters

(1 cat shelter)

 Lack of education/ information in both

governmental institutions and in general public

Situation in Belgrade

 4 public shelters  10+ private shelters  Estimated number of abandoned animals (

more than 500 000 in 90’s- after counting about 5 000 in Belgrade alone)

 Partial TNR program  No effective cooperation with NGO’s  Pet friendly campaign by the city

government

 Belgrade central shelter – about

1300 animals

Farm animals

 3,5 milion pigs  910 000 cattle

Farm animals

 Farms are mainly situated in northern part

• f the country

 Veterinary directorate inspects only

registered farms

 Lack of education of farmers in small farms  No clear procedures on large farms  Understaffed and under- equipped  Intensive farming – problems and free

range models

Animal welfare NGO’s

 About 100 organisations / 35

registered

 Important role in law enforcement  Education  Animal rehoming  Public information act  Animal NGO’s coalition

Animal NGO’s coalition

 Started as an informal group on

Facebook

 United reaction in crises situations,

animal rights violation, proposals to different governmental institutions and public shelters

 Lobby group for various animal

protection and welfare issues

Floods 2014 NGO’s action