MEPs Will Discuss Penalties for Animal Cruelty and a Ban on Hunting by Burrowing

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Proposals to ban hunting by burrowing are again in play in the Chamber of Deputies. The parliamentary amendments to the coalition amendment on increasing fines for animal cruelty would prevent the hunting of red foxes in this way, and possibly other animals as well. Badgers and raccoon dogs, which are invasive species in the Czech Republic, can also be hunted by burrowing. One of the amendments would allow for exceptions to the ban. After today'…

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MPs could send a coalition amendment to the final round of approval today, according to which municipalities would have to provide for the castration of abandoned and feral cats at their own expense. The bill also increases fines for animal cruelty offenses and extends the penalty for banning breeding.

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On Tuesday, MPs will discuss an amendment to the law on the protection of animals against cruelty. Instead of six months in prison, the new penalty will be at least one year, Deputy Prime Minister Karel Havlíček said. The amendment will also introduce an obligation for municipalities to ensure the castration of abandoned and feral cats at their own expense. Municipalities would have to take care of an abandoned pet that is not feral and that no …

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LONDON (Reuters) - MPs could today send to the final round of approval a coalition amendment under which municipalities would have to provide for castration of abandoned and feral cats at their expense. In addition, the draft increases fines for animal cruelty offenses and extends the punishment of the ban on breeding. In repeated second reading, there is an amendment in the House that could enact a ban on norkeling.