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Legally speaking: are animals just things?

You may have already heard about it: legally speaking are animals to be seen us things. But is this true? What’s the matter about this affirmation? The German Civil Code (BGB) contains a provision in § 90a BGB that contains regulations concerning animals. The provision is based on the idea that an animal, as a […]

Federal Nature Conservation Act – Wolves Decisions

By horak Attorneys at lawPosted on 27. January 202227. January 2022Posted in Animal keeper law, Animal law, Animal liability law, Animal protection law, German law, Tribunal DecisionsTagged animal rights, BNatSchG, case, conservation act, court, decision, District Court, federal nature, permissions, rights, wolf, wolvesNo Comments

Exceptional permits Düsseldorf Administrative Court, Judgment of 06.05.2021 – 28 K 4055/20 – The district is not obliged to grant a shepherd from a small village a permit to take a female wolf into another. This was the decision of the Administrative Court of Düsseldorf, which dismissed the shepherd’s complaint. A shepherd living in a […]

Transport of animals: the last tribunal resolutions

By horak Attorneys at lawPosted on 15. November 2021Posted in Animal keeper law, Animal law, Animal liability law, Animal protection law, Compensation for damages, Compensation law, Dog law, Farm animal law, Generalities, German law, neighbouring rights for animals, Tribunal Decisions, VetTagged animal rights, animal transport, care, cattle transportation, District Court, Germany, ship transport, suffering, Tribunal, welfareNo Comments

VG Osnabrück confirms ban on cattle transport to Morocco How important is the Animal welfare for slaughtering purposes? Shall Animal welfare be guaranteed by extension of the transport time? The answer, in Germany, it’s yes. Fighting for animal rights? We are the experts you are looking for. The Osnabrück Administrative Court has rejected an urgent […]