ATA/684/1996•Indefinite animal-keeping ban reduced to six years
ATA/684/1996Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberNov 19, 1996Modified
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The court held that an indefinite prohibition on keeping animals imposed on a person who had mistreated his dog was disproportionate. The measure was therefore reduced to a ban of six years. The dog had been seized as a provisional measure, but the dispositive issue was the duration of the keeping prohibition.
LPDA art. 22 para. 1 and 25; proportionality of a ban on keeping animals. A prohibition on keeping animals must be suitable, necessary, and proportionate in the strict sense in light of the seriousness of the animal welfare violation and the risk of recurrence. An unlimited ban is exceptional and requires particularly weighty reasons. Where such reasons are absent, the court may substitute a fixed-term prohibition corresponding to the circumstances of the case.
Descripteurs
ANIMAL; PROTECTION DES ANIMAUX; CHIEN; INTERDICTION DE LA DETENTION D'ANIMAUX; SEQUESTRE(MESURE PROVISIONNELLE); IEA
Normes
LPDA.22 al.1; LPDA.25
Résumé
L'interdiction de détenir des animaux prononcée pour une durée indéterminée à l'encontre d'un propriétaire qui a maltraité son chien, lequel a été séquestré, a été jugée disproportionnée et remplacée par une interdiction d'une durée de six ans. L'interdiction de détenir des animaux prononcée pour une durée indéterminée à l'encontre d'un propriétaire qui a maltraité son chien, lequel a été séquestré, a été jugée disproportionnée et remplacée par une interdiction d'une durée de six ans.
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Whether an indefinite ban on keeping animals was proportionate under the Animal Protection Act.
The indefinite ban was disproportionate and had to be replaced by a time-limited ban of six years.
The court considered that the severity and duration of the measure had to be proportionate to the misconduct and that an unlimited prohibition went beyond what was necessary in the circumstances.
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