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For several years, a deficit in the prosecution of animal welfare offenses in livestock farming has been lamented. This article aims to demonstrate that it is not enough to simply tighten the criminal offense defined in Section 17 of the Animal...

German administrative law is structured around the system of subjective legal protection. In the field of animal welfare law, this means that only an excess of animal protection — i. e., when a person is adversely affected by an administrative...

Medical criminal law has long enjoyed a growing awareness of its subject matter. This also applies to animal welfare criminal law. Surprisingly, veterinary medicine has so far received little attention in criminal law debates. This must change. The...