As part of our legal work for defending animals, we often need to go to the Supreme Court for relief. We currently have five petitioned that are ongoing in the Supreme Court and waiting deliberation and decision:
1 – Petition against the extension of the intermittent period for holding chickens in extreme crammed conditions: due to the war, the Minister of Agriculture postponed once again the commencement of the regulation meant to add a little bit of space for each chicken, until the complete transition to cage-free coops scheduled for 2037. The petitioned stated that the Minister’s claims that the postponement is necessary or else there will be a shortage of eggs are unfounded, and that the postponement is against the animal protection act. Deliberation is to take place next week.
2 – Petition to ban the use of poison baits for culling stray dogs: after the use of poison baits was stopped in 2018, the head of veterinary services updated the protocol for the use of poison and added the possibility for municipal vets to apply for the use of PAPP poisoned baits, also due to the war. Apart from the fact that killing stray dogs is fundamentally wrong, poisoned baits are also a danger to other animals, such as cat and wildlife. The petition is to be deliberated in June.
3 – Petition to ban the use of police horses for dismantling protests and demonstrations: following the police’s increased use of horses to break-up demonstrations, we petitioned to the Supreme Court and demanded that the use of horses for protest dismantling be stopped immediately. The petition stated that the use of horses to break-up demonstrations is a violation of the animal protection act, and that the police has many alternative means for that purpose. The petition is to be deliberated in March.
4 – Petition to set in place animal protection regulations in slaughterhouses: according to the animal protection act, the Minister of Agriculture is obligated to set in place regulations that will determine the minimal standards of animal welfare in slaughterhouses, which should have been completed by 2019. Our petition asked that the Minister fulfil his legal obligation and set in place said regulations. The petition is to be deliberated in March.
5 – Petition to ban the use of glue traps: the petition asks the court to instruct the Minister of Environmental Protection to define glue traps as ‘means of treatment’ so that their use would be limited to licensed exterminators only, and to set in place regulations that will limit the use of glue traps so that the suffering of animals in as minimal as possible. We await the Minister’s response.
1 – Petition against the extension of the intermittent period for holding chickens in extreme crammed conditions: due to the war, the Minister of Agriculture postponed once again the commencement of the regulation meant to add a little bit of space for each chicken, until the complete transition to cage-free coops scheduled for 2037. The petitioned stated that the Minister’s claims that the postponement is necessary or else there will be a shortage of eggs are unfounded, and that the postponement is against the animal protection act. Deliberation is to take place next week.
2 – Petition to ban the use of poison baits for culling stray dogs: after the use of poison baits was stopped in 2018, the head of veterinary services updated the protocol for the use of poison and added the possibility for municipal vets to apply for the use of PAPP poisoned baits, also due to the war. Apart from the fact that killing stray dogs is fundamentally wrong, poisoned baits are also a danger to other animals, such as cat and wildlife. The petition is to be deliberated in June.
3 – Petition to ban the use of police horses for dismantling protests and demonstrations: following the police’s increased use of horses to break-up demonstrations, we petitioned to the Supreme Court and demanded that the use of horses for protest dismantling be stopped immediately. The petition stated that the use of horses to break-up demonstrations is a violation of the animal protection act, and that the police has many alternative means for that purpose. The petition is to be deliberated in March.
4 – Petition to set in place animal protection regulations in slaughterhouses: according to the animal protection act, the Minister of Agriculture is obligated to set in place regulations that will determine the minimal standards of animal welfare in slaughterhouses, which should have been completed by 2019. Our petition asked that the Minister fulfil his legal obligation and set in place said regulations. The petition is to be deliberated in March.
5 – Petition to ban the use of glue traps: the petition asks the court to instruct the Minister of Environmental Protection to define glue traps as ‘means of treatment’ so that their use would be limited to licensed exterminators only, and to set in place regulations that will limit the use of glue traps so that the suffering of animals in as minimal as possible. We await the Minister’s response.
