Prawo humanitarnej ochrony zwierząt jako dział kompleksowy prawa administracyjnego

The legal protection of animals may be discussed on the grounds of branches of law such as civil law, criminal law or administrative law. Due to the essence of the protected “interest”, in this case animals, their protection in the most comprehensive way was provided by the norms of administrative law. The additional systematization of this form of protection is inscribed in the aforementioned administrative law. For this reason, it is possible to discuss e.g. regulations on the humane protection of animals, environmental protection of animals or protection of animal health. Such parts of administrative law can be referred to as its comprehensive sections. At present, however, such a classification raises uncertainties – therefore, a division into comprehensive sections of administrative law was suggested. In the structure of such a section, to ensure better security of the protected interest, in addition to the typical norms of administrative regulations, there are norms from other branches of law, like civil law or administrative law.