Effectiveness of Administrative and Legal Instruments for Animal Protection Used by Social Organizations

Abstract

The article is devoted to the issue of the effectiveness of administrative and legal instruments of animal protection granted to social organizations under the Animal Protection Act. The research purpose of the paper is to analyze the administrative and legal conditions of the interaction of social organizations with public administration and other entities in the field of animal protection and animal care, and as a result to verify the thesis that the activity of organizations has little influence on the effectiveness of the animal protection system. In order to achieve this goal, three research theses were formulated: 1) there are no rational grounds for depriving social organizations of the competence to temporarily remove an animal, which is the most effective means of protecting mistreated animals; 2) public administration bodies and their subordinate services should make wider use of the potential of social organizations in the sphere of consultative and educational activities; 3) the effectiveness of the activities of social organizations in the sphere of animal protection is adversely affected by superficial regulations concerning the cooperation of organizations with administrative bodies and public services. The article is a research paper of a national range of research. The author’s intention is to contribute to a broader discussion on the directions of socialization of the animal protection system.