Działalność hodowli psów w Polsce i nadzór nad nią

The Act on Animal Protection provides for a general ban on commercial breeding of dogs and cats, with an exclusion of animal husbandries registered in national organisations whose statutory purpose is to breed pedigree dogs and cats. There are no provisions in the Act specifying ’animal welfare standards in husbandries’, but nevertheless it imposes a number of obligations on animal owners as such, e.g. the obligation to provide appropriate living conditions and the obligation to meet the basic needs of animals. The statute defines what is meant by animal abuse and indicates the sanctions for such an offence.