Criminal liability for cruelty to animals under the legislation of Ukraine: features of theory and practice

Oksana Hrytenko; Vitaliy Prymachenko; Volodymyr Shablystyi; Ihor Karikh

doi:10.34069/AI/2021.42.06.25

Oksana Hrytenko Odesa State University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1376-6956
Vitaliy Prymachenko Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9907-0820
Volodymyr Shablystyi Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0210-1772
Ihor Karikh Sumy State University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8209-2743

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2021.42.06.25

Keywords: cruelty to animals, cruelty, criminal liability, international experience, delineation of offenses.

Abstract

The study aimed to determine the characteristics of criminal liability for cruelty to animals. The object of the study is social relations arising in the field of morality protection. We used the following general scientific methods: dialectical, historical, descriptive, methods of scientific analysis and generalization. In addition to general scientific methods, we also used special methods: comparative legal and statistical. Having performed a retrospective analysis of criminal liability for cruelty to animals, we identified four historical stages in the formation and development of criminal legal standards for cruelty to animals. Having investigated the reasons for the social conditioning of criminalization for cruelty to animals, the authors identified a range of problems in the field of humane treatment of animals that require immediate solutions: the use of animals in scientific experiments, the manufacture of clothing from leather and animal fur, the activities of dog hunters and the use of animals in circuses. Factors affecting the cruelty of a person have been also identified. The delimitation of corpus delicti from an administrative offense is carried out according to several main criteria: the degree of public danger and consequences. International experience in the context of criminal liability for cruelty to animals is diverse.

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Author Biographies

Oksana Hrytenko, Odesa State University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Odesa State University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine.

Vitaliy Prymachenko, Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine.

Candidate of Law Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine.

Volodymyr Shablystyi, Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Criminal Law Disciplines, Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine.

Ihor Karikh, Sumy State University, Ukraine.

PhD in basics of national security (political science), Senior Lecturer, Department of Criminal Legal Disciplines and Procedure, Sumy State University, Ukraine.

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