197,672 REGISTERED DOGS - THEY PASSED A LAW THAT PROVIDED FOR FINES FOR POSSESSION WITHOUT MARKING BUT IT LASTED ONLY A MONTH - Filenews 30/10 by Vassos Vassiliou
On the initiative of the Veterinary Services, the Parliament approved relevant legislation which aimed to strengthen the responsible ownership of dogs and address the problem of stray dogs.
As the Minister of Agriculture Christos Senekis explains in response to a question by MP Andreas Konstantinou, the legislation also provided for the imposition of an extrajudicial fine for possession of a dog without marking and registration in the register of Veterinary Services and for failure to comply with the requirements governing the trade, import, trafficking, supply and placement of dog marking means. This bill was initially passed by the House of Representatives and the legislation came into force for just one month, after it was then amended by the Parliament, as a result of which these new provisions were removed.