Animal abuse – criminal legal aspects

Abstract

Possessing animals for different reasons, both economically and emotionally (pets), also includes a relationship with animals in order to protect their fundamental rights and well-being. Such symbiosis implies achieving the target quality of animal keeping in any sense; both physically and emotionally, both for the animal and for the owner. Many animal owners deliberately or inexcusably violate such principles of well-being, from ignorance to intent. In this paper, the authors attempt to describe the term “well-being” for those who do not know its meaning, but also for those who knowingly disturb and abuse animals and warn that it is a criminal offense for which there are sanctions in accordance with legal and subordinate provisions. The achievement of the intended goal in the work is carried out by the authors by presenting definitions and forms of animal abuse, by profiling and recognizing the abuser, and in brief and in general with reference to the criminal-legal aspect of the perpetration of such annihilation.