Original Scientific Paper
Vol.10, No 1, 2012 pp. 43-61
UDC 351.765:34](4-672EU:497.11) 179.3:34](4-672EU:497.11)
ANIMAL PROTECTION FROM KILLING AND ABUSE
IN THE EUROPEAN AND SERBIAN CRIMINAL LAW
Novak Krstić
Faculty of Law, University of Niš, Serbia
E-mail: novak@prafak.ni.ac.rs
In this paper, the author primarily deals with an issue of animal protection against unnecessary killing, torture and abuse in the EU law, with specific reference to the Serbian legislation on this issue. Many European countries have introduced into their criminal legislations some legal provisions defining the act of animal killing and abuse as a criminal offense. In order to observe the standards, forms and intensity of state response to men’s cruelty to animals, the author will analyze the legal solutions adopted in Germany, France, Italy, Slovenia, Montenegro and Croatia, and compare them with the Serbian legislation. The author has endeavored to provide answers to a number of questions: Are the current legal solutions relevant and sufficient? Does the legal protection include all animals? What is the subject matter of protection: the human being and his/her feelings towards some animals, or an animal itself? Is the prescribed punishment adequate to the social danger stemming from this criminal act? Concurrently, the author has endeavored to point to the possible courses of action which would provide for a more efficient and high-quality protection of animals from unnecessary killing and abuse in the future.
Key words:
animals, killing, abuse, criminal law, protection
ZAŠTITA ŽIVOTINJA OD UBIJANJA I ZLOSTAVLJANJA U KRIVIČNOM PRAVU EVROPSKE UNIJE I REPUBLIKE SRBIJE
U ovom radu autor se prvenstveno bavi pitanjem pravne zaštite životinja od nepotrebnog ubijanja, mučenja i zlostavljanja u evropskom pravu, sa naročitim osvrtom na pravo Republike Srbije. Mnoge evropske države uvele su u svoje krivično zakonodavstvo norme kojima se ubijanje i zlostavljanje životinja definiše kao krivično delo. Kako bi sagledao standarde, oblik i intenzitet odgovora države na čovekovu svirepost prema životinjama, autor će u radu analizirati rešenja usvojena u pravima Nemačke, Francuske, Italije, Slovenije, Crne Gore i Hrvatske, upoređujući ih sa rešenjima u srpskom zakonodavstvu. Autor će nastojati da odgovori na neka sporna pitanja: Da li su važeća zakonska rešenja kvalitetna i dovoljna? Da li pravna zaštita obuhvata sve životinje? Šta je subjekt zaštite: čovek i njegova osećanja prema određenim životinjama ili životinja, sama po sebi? Da li su predviđene sankcije adekvatne društvenoj opasnosti samog krivičnog dela? Istovremeno, autor će nastojati da ukaže na moguće pravce poboljšanja efikasnosti i kvaliteta pravne zaštite životinja od nepotrebnog ubijanja i zlostavljanja u budućnosti.
Ključne reči:
životinje, ubijanje, zlostavljanje, krivično pravo, zaštita.
