Vol.7, No 1, 2009 pp. 65-78
UDC 349.6:636.028 (497.11:4-672EU)
LEGAL PROTECTION OF EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS
IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
Nataša Stojanović
Faculty of Law, University of Niš, Serbia
E-mail: natasa@prafak.ni.ac.rs
Despite the state-of-the-art achievements of modern technology, live animals are largely used today in diverse experimental procedures. The author of this paper shall not discuss the issues related to man's cruelty to experimental animals, the inadequacy and actual uselessness of these experiments for human beings, nor the fact that these experiments may actually be an impediment to scientific discovery. In this article, the author analyses the legal aspects concerning the protection of experimental animals in the European Union and in the Republic of Serbia. In anticipation of the forthcoming harmonization of the national legislation in this area with the EU legislation, the author eventually suggests some measures for the protection of experimental animals in Serbia.
Key words:
Experimental animals, EU law, Serbian legislation.
PRAVNA ZAŠTITA ŽIVOTINJA KOJE SE KORISTE U EKSPERIMENTIMA U EVROPSKOJ UNIJI I REPUBLICI SRBIJI
Čovek, i pored dostignuća savremene tehnologije, danas masovno koristi žive životinje u različitim eksperimentima. Ne upuštajući se u to, koliko ti eksperimenti mogu biti okrutni za životinje i beskorisni za čoveka, a koliko, pak, mogu predstavljati prepreku na putu otkrivanja naučnih istina, autor svoju pažnju usmerava na pravni aspekt zaštite oglednih životinja u pravu Evropske unije i srpskom pravu. U radu su predložene mere, kojima bi se eksperimentalne životinje, na teritoriji Republike Srbije, uzele u zaštitu, dok se ne usaglasi domaća legislativa sa evropskim zakonodavstvom.
Ključne reči:
ogledne životinje, pravo Evropske unije, pravo Republike Srbije.
