To the joy of all animal lovers in Croatia, the new Animal Protection Act came into force on the 26th of October 2017.

The new Act has introduced many positive novelties and regulated deadlines for certain provisions, as well as larger fines for irresponsible citizens, responsible persons, cities and counties in order to ensure successful implementation of the new Act in practice.

Money fines are now doubled for those who abandon their animal pet as well as for those who do not take care of their animal pets’ offspring and amount to 15,000 to 30,000 Kunas.

After the ban of keeping dogs permanently tied up in the cities of Zagreb and Osijek, an accent will now be put on citizens’ responsibility to provide suitable conditions for dogs and enable them to move freely.

In addition, in accordance to the new Animal Protection Act, all Croatian counties must have a shelter, no later than the 31st of December 2018.