Dozens of participants gathered at the Saeima on the right of pets

Arrivals arrived with various posters, such as "14 days of confiscated 30-day seizures." Why? ", Thus expressing his support for the idea of ​​extending the shelter of the animal. sheltered or wandering at a shelter up to 30 days, which would offer a greater chance of finding a new host for the animal.

In another poster, the message "Good hands = Shelters for animals and societies", "My life, human, depends only on you" and "Beyond barbecues, make sit an irresponsible host!" Some protesters have dogs with them.

The organizers of the picket also share the leaflets with the proposals sent to the parliamentary committee responsible for amendments to the law on the protection of animals.

All those who were not satisfied with the situation in the field of animal protection in Latvia were invited to participate in the event.

The organizer of the picket – the animal shelter "Ulubele" – invited everyone to participate, dissatisfied with the real state of animal welfare in Latvia, including that "the cruel treatment inflicted on animals in Latvia remain unnoticed and unpunished "and that internet portals are filled daily with announcements about puppies and kittens as market merchandise and regularly bitch, but in the courts there are sterile cats.

The picketing takes place in the context of the amendments to the Animal Protection Act and the Veterinary Medicine Act which are to be discussed today at the Saeima National Commission for Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy. . Animal advocates draw attention to the fact that the Animal Protection Act and the Veterinary Medicine Act, being amended by the Saeima, provide for the removal of the article of the law which prohibited to "a person to detain an animal if it has been punished for the cruel treatment of the animal" and will allow the continuation of the activity of breeders without registering allowing them to operate in the free underground tax free zone by maintaining a farm with unregistered commercial activity and exchanging unregistered dogs.

As a result, Animal Advocates – 24 animal welfare organizations – have submitted to the Saeima concrete proposals for amendments to animal protection and veterinary legislation, aimed at preventing situations in which unregistered dogs and cats are neither controlled nor regulated. In addition, animal advocates want to prevent animal refuges from being allowed to return animals to old or young hosts, mark / registration, and that most people in the country can not afford to register. a dog.

The proposals submitted to the 13th Saeima of the Animal Welfare Organization also provide for the imposition of a mandatory additional sentence – the confiscation of the animal and / or the prohibition of keep animals – for people punished for animals. Activists also suggest other changes.