DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-048-1-0258

VETERINÁRNÍ ZÁKON A ZÁKON NA OCHRANU ZVÍŘAT PROTI TÝRÁNÍ / VETERINARY ACT, ANIMAL CRUELTY PROTECTION ACT

Jan Váňa¹, Zbyněk Semerád¹

¹ Státní veterinární správa, Slezská 100/7, 120 56 Praha 2

The Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic is currently debating an amendment to Act No. 166/1999 Coll., the Veterinary Act. Several amendments to other laws have been added to this amendment by the Ministry of Agriculture. This package of legislation deals in particular with the slaughter of livestock at the holding of origin, the domestic slaughter of cattle, the definition of dangerous diseases for the purposes of the Veterinary Act, so-called ritual slaughter, cameras in slaughterhouses and the abolition of cattle passports. In addition to the amendments to the above-mentioned legislation, the article also includes the current disease situation in livestock.

Keywords: Veterinary Act, Animal Cruelty Protection Act, Breeders Act

pages: 258-260, online: 2025