THE REGULATION OF ANIMAL WELFARE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO TRANSPORT

Sa？etak This paper deals with the regulation of animal welfare with special reference to transport. The first part of the paper is focused on animal rights as the current problem of the world today. Animals unjustly endure suffering and torture by humans on a daily basis. Although technology has flourished, we still continue to carry out most of our research and testing on animals, and torture and kill them unnecessarily. The European Union has recognised animals as living beings and a series of regulations, directives and other regulations seeks to protect their rights and to encourage Member States to do the same by virtue of their respective national legislations. Of course, it is also important to mention activism which is, we dare say, becoming more widespread. The second part of the paper mentions the most important international and national acts regulating the protection of animals during transport. Indeed, emphasis is placed on legal regulations of the Republic of Croatia that follow EU regulations, but we have also witnessed some opposite cases in practice. In the third part of the paper, we will analyse the four modes of transport (i.e. road, rail, air and maritime), how animals are transported in each of them and what conditions need to be met to allow the transport of animals in each mode. In addition, we will outline the applicable regulations in the Republic of Croatia regulating the terms and conditions as well as modes of transport for each mode