The procedure for keeping agricultural (domestic) animals
By the decision of the North Kazakhstan regional maslikhat on July 14, 2015, the Rules for keeping animals on the territory of the North Kazakhstan region were approved. These Rules apply to all animal owners, individuals and legal entities, regardless of the form of ownership and departmental subordination, who own or otherwise possess animals engaged in reproduction, breeding, breeding, keeping animals, including agricultural ones.
According to these Rules, individuals and legal entities engaged in reproduction, cultivation, breeding, maintenance of farm animals, including breeding animals, provide:
- timely identification of farm animals;
- timely vaccination and diagnostics of animals in order to ensure veterinary and sanitary safety;
- caring for the health, welfare and use of animals in accordance with their species, age and physiology;
- safety of people and animals around, as well as property from harm by animals;
- ensuring road safety when passing with an animal near transport routes and when crossing them by directly monitoring its behavior;
- compliance with the requirements of sanitary and hygienic and veterinary (veterinary and sanitary) norms and rules.
Animal owners must promptly notify veterinary stations about newly acquired animals, offspring, slaughter, sales, cases of death, illness or unusual behavior.
Farm animals living on pastures on their own can pose a threat not only to their lives, but also to humans. Traffic accidents involving both wild and farm animals are recorded annually. Therefore, livestock unaccompanied by people is considered neglected and is subject to corral in places for temporary holding until the owner is identified.
Caring for animals is one of the human values in life. However, the problem of cruelty to animals is especially acute in the modern world. Not only farm animals, but also pets can be abused.
When keeping pets, their owners must comply with the general requirements for keeping animals, as well as the rights and legitimate interests of persons living in an apartment building in the premises of which pets are kept.
Walking pets should be carried out subject to the mandatory provision of the safety of citizens, animals, the safety of property of individuals and legal entities. When walking a pet, you must comply with the following requirements:
- exclude the possibility of free, uncontrolled movement of an animal when crossing the carriageway of a motor road, in elevators and common areas of apartment buildings, in the courtyards of such houses, on children’s and sports grounds;
- ensure the cleaning of animal waste products in places and in common areas;
- animals that are in public places without accompanying persons, except for those left by their owners on a leash at enterprises and institutions, are considered stray and are subject to compulsory capture by specialized organizations;
- in crowded places, public transport and other public places (on buses at storage areas), keep dogs on a short leash and in a muzzle. Dogs of decorative breeds and cats are allowed to be transported in bags, in specially designed cages (containers for transfer).
Dear owners, do not leave animals unattended! Don’t let them go for a walk!
For violations of the rules for grazing farm animals, the rules for keeping and walking dogs and cats, liability is provided in accordance with the current legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.