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Winter is coming, so vulnerable animals will suffer from the cold. Only people who provide warmth and at least minimal care can help them. In particular, representatives of business support the approach that establishments should independently determine whether animals and people with their cats and dogs may be inside.
Animal advocates ask for support for legal changes.
Animal advocates and business have already appealed to the Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Economy, and local authorities to remove outdated restrictions on animals in public establishments, shops, and gas stations. As early as 2025 year, then Minister of Economy Oleksiy Sobolev promised to work on the relevant changes. But they have not been adopted yet. The issue was emphasized by UAnimals representatives.
Epicenter, Aurora, Silpo, and UPG advocate allowing animals in their establishments, and thus joined the initiative. The main proposal is for the state to revise sanitary restrictions to allow businesses to set access rules with animals on their own.
For example, the establishment can be divided into zones and rules for visitors can be implemented under such conditions. With this request, UAnimals again turned to the Ministry of Economy at the beginning of October.
We call on to amend the order №590 from 01.10.2012 "On approving the Requirements for the development, implementation, and application of permanent procedures based on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) principles" and/or other relevant sanitary rules,
— activists said.
The initiators are convinced that there can be no responsible society without humane treatment of animals.
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Separately, animal protectors address Minister of Economy Oleksandr Kravchenko to also support allowing businesses to regulate rules for visiting with animals inside facilities.
Recall that there are currently no legislative norms that would allow or prohibit visiting public establishments with animals. But at the same time there are standards that oblige owners to treat this issue responsibly.
Many business representatives also prohibit visiting their establishments with animals, with the exception of guide dogs.
In the summer, activists took a step toward developing a guide with rules for visiting establishments with animals. It aimed to formulate a single approach to how establishments interact with visitors who come with their pets.
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