According to him, it is proposed to introduce a fine of up to 30,000 rubles for discarded animals, and up to 200,000 rubles for biting people by pets in the absence of a criminal offense.
He noted that the amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses have been agreed with the federal executive authorities and are ready for adoption in the spring session of the Duma.
“A number of substantive amendments that we have been agreed with the federal executive authorities and which, from our point of view, are ready for adoption in the spring session of the State Duma,” RIA Novosti quotes him.
Earlier, MP Vitaly Milonov put forward an initiative to create a unified system for accounting and controlling the keeping of dogs against the backdrop of reports of attacks by stray dogs on residents in different regions of the country.
First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Vladimir Burmatov spoke about the idea of introducing administrative fines for cruelty to animals.