18 September 2013, 11:22
The Convention is aimed at ensuring the protection and humane treatment of pet animals. The documents defines basic principles for animal welfare, conditions of their keeping, breeding and training, establishes the age limit of acquisition of pet animals, restrictions on their use for commercial purposes, legal order for the establishment and operation of animal shelters, restrictions for use of pet animals in advertising and entertainment, acceptable cases of pet animals surgeries and their killing, measures that can be applied towards stray animals, particularly to decrease their population, and exceptions for their capture, keeping and killing, etc.
Respective bill was registered under No. 0032.