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Polish parliament votes to ban keeping dogs on leash at home
Keep our news free from ads and paywalls by making a donation to support our work! Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support. Poland’s parliament has voted in favour of a ban on dogs being kept on leashes at home. The new measures also specify a minimum size for kennels that dogs can b…
Keeping dogs on chains will be prohibited. MPs decided this on Friday, passing an amendment to the Animal Protection Act.
The provisions will enter into force 12 months after the date of publication of the Act.
The Sejm (lower house of parliament) voted on Friday in favor of a ban on keeping dogs on chains. 280 MPs voted in favor, 105 against, and 30 abstained. The bill was supported by the Civic Coalition, the Left, Poland 2050, and Polish People's Party (PSL) parliamentary groups, as well as 49 Law and Justice (PiS) MPs, including Jarosław Kaczyński. However, the majority of Law and Justice (PiS) MPs opposed it, as did the Confederation and the Repub…
Leaving dogs on a leash, for example, on a chain, will be prohibited, MPs decided on Friday, passing an amendment to the Animal Protection Act. Currently, regulations allow pets to be kept on a leash for no longer than 12 hours a day. The Sejm (lower house of parliament) passed a law completely banning the practice of leaping dogs. 280 MPs voted in favor of the regulations drafted by the Civic Coalition, 105 against, and 30 abstained. Current re…
MPs voted to amend the Animal Protection Act, advocating for a ban on keeping dogs on a leash. Before passing the bill, they voted in favor of two amendments recommended by the Special Committee for Animal Protection and rejected amendments submitted by Law and Justice and the Confederation.
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