Put adolescents flayers for abuse of dogs and cats in jail with 14 years suggested experts of the popular front. And penalties for the mistreatment of animals can become stricter.
Experts called for amendments in article of the Criminal code on cruelty to animals (article 245 of the criminal code). Now to bring the butcher to justice is possible only in two cases: he tortured a kitten or puppy out of hooliganism or had an axe to grind. The authors of the amendments have complained that to prove such motives – first of all hooligan – often impossible. In the result, criminal cases if aroused, often fall apart before reaching the court. If the initiative of animal rights activists is approved, references to motives from the first part of the article will disappear. That is, to bring a case against a fanatic is enough the fact of animal abuse. Hooliganism and greed, the authors propose to move to the second part 245 of the articles of the criminal code, making them aggravating circumstances for harsher penalties. By the way, the sanctions for the mistreatment of four-legged also proposed to increase. Now the maximum punishment for the knacker’s single, which tortured beast in his apartment and nobody showed, is three years in prison. The developers of the amendments, I want to extend this to four years of imprisonment. If criminals are few, they torture animals in front of children, or post photos and videos of bullying in the Internet, the penalty according to the updated law can reach up to six years (now it is a maximum of five years). In addition, to prosecute for cruelty to animals offered for 14 years. Currently the age of criminal responsibility for this crime starts with 16 years. This way the developers want to equate violence against our smaller brethren to violent crimes against life and health of the person.
Finally, onf suggested to add new powers to the police. Now the guards can’t go in “rubber” apartments where live dozens of cats or dogs. Even in severe cases when a grief-the neighbors are complaining about the years, other tenants, and dead animals are buried directly in the apartment, the law enforcement authorities to influence the situation not. According to the authors, the police must be given the right to enter the apartment to assess the appearance of tailed animals, and counting animals on the head. And if animals is in danger, law enforcement will be able to select them from careless owners.
