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IMPORTANT FOR ANIMALS: STARTING FROM TODAY, STRICTER PENALTIES FOR ABUSERS

Aktuelno - 01.12.2019

IMPORTANT FOR ANIMALS: STARTING FROM TODAY, STRICTER PENALTIES FOR ABUSERS

Important for animals: the new Criminal Code comes into effect todayAs many as 30,000 signatures of ...

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TOGETHER WE PROVIDED 15,000 MEALS FOR ABANDONED CATS AND DOGS

Aktuelno - 21.10.2019

TOGETHER WE PROVIDED 15,000 MEALS FOR ABANDONED CATS AND DOGS

Animal food given to the organizations and individuals who are actively working on lowering the numb...

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ORCA AND PANINI TOGETHER FOR ANIMALS

Aktuelno - 13.02.2019

ORCA AND PANINI TOGETHER FOR ANIMALS

ORCA and PANINI provided 100.000 meals for animals that need them the most!With great pleasure we sh...

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MEETING OF THE BALKAN COUNTRIES ON THE TOPIC OF ABANDONED ANIMALS

Aktuelno - 18.06.2018

MEETING OF THE BALKAN COUNTRIES ON THE TOPIC OF ABANDONED ANIMALS

On the Third OIE Regional Workshop on Stray Dog Population Management for Balkan Countries (SDB3), o...

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ACTION FOR PEOPLE AND DOGS!

Aktuelno - 01.05.2018

ACTION FOR PEOPLE AND DOGS!

Thousands of abandoned dogs are roaming the streets of cities and municipalities across Serbia. They...

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ABANDONED DOGS – THERE IS A SOLUTION

Aktuelno - 12.04.2018

ABANDONED DOGS – THERE IS A SOLUTION

Results of the efforts made so far to solve problems of abandoned animals are unsatisfactory: with c...

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FOR PEOPLE AND DOGS: MODEL OF DOG POPULATION CONTROL FOR SAFE AND HUMANE LOCAL COMMUNITY

Aktuelno - 25.04.2017

FOR PEOPLE AND DOGS: MODEL OF DOG POPULATION CONTROL FOR SAFE AND HUMANE LOCAL COMMUNITY

Presence of abandoned animals in public areas represents one of the most abundant and important prob...

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PROJECT „ABANDONED ANIMALS IN BOGATIC“

Aktuelno - 14.10.2016

PROJECT „ABANDONED ANIMALS IN BOGATIC“

During 2016. ORCA has implemented the project on the territory of Bogatic municipality aimed to prov...

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OIE CONFERENCE ON ABANDONED DOGS

Aktuelno - 16.06.2016

OIE CONFERENCE ON ABANDONED DOGS

On the Second OIE Regional Workshop on Stray Dog Population Management for Balkan Countries (SDB2), ...

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DOG POPULATION CONTROL IN SERBIA

Aktuelno - 01.01.2016

DOG POPULATION CONTROL IN SERBIA

Presence of abandoned animals in public areas represents one of the most abundant and important prob...

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IMPORTANT FOR ANIMALS: STARTING FROM TODAY, STRICTER PENALTIES FOR ABUSERS

DOG POPULATION CONTROL IN SERBIA 01.12.2019

IMPORTANT FOR ANIMALS: STARTING FROM TODAY, STRICTER PENALTIES FOR ABUSERS

Important for animals: the new Criminal Code comes into effect today

As many as 30,000 signatures of a petition for harsher punishment of animal abusers and organizers of animal fighting launched by ORCA last December have prompted the Ministry of Justice to propose greater penalties for animal abusers. In May 2019 Article 269 of the Criminal Code was amended, which is dedicated to killing and abuse of animals, and it increased the penalties. The application of these amendments starts today – December 1, 2019.

Animals thank you for these amendments:

• Whoever in breach of regulations kills, injures, tortures, or otherwise harms an animal, shall be fined or imprisoned for up to TWO years (instead of one year of imprisonment which was applicable until now).
• Whoever with gain as a motive organizes, finances, or hosts animal fights between animals of the same or different species or whoever organizes or partakes in wagering in such fights, shall be punished with imprisonment of SIX MONTHS to three years and a fine (instead of THREE months of imprisonment which was applicable until now).

Although this is our great shared success, there are also parts of the ORCA Criminal Code Amendment Initiative that have not yet been considered. In addition to increasing penalties for animal abuse, our initiative includes proposals to:

• Define animal abandoning as a criminal offense;
• Prescribe punishments for attempting to commit the crime of killing and abusing animals;
• Establish two other security measures: confiscation of the animal and prohibition of keeping the animal in the case of the commission of the crime of abuse and killing of animals
• Expanding the formulation of the crime of animal fights by punishing all fights, not only those organized with gain as a motive;

Together we can do a lot for animals, and this increase of penalties is just a first step towards changes which lie ahead.

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