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“In view of the incidents in the past few weeks, today would have been an important occasion to talk about uniform federal laws”said State Councilor Michael Lindner (SP) after the state animal protection conference, which took place today in St. Georgen Abbey on Längensee (Carinthia). He is even more so “disappointed and irritated” about the fact that Federal Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) did not appear at the meeting of the responsible state councils today. He considers the absence to be a bad sign, especially in view of discussions about nationwide uniform regulations, which Lindner called for in recent weeks after the fatal attack by a dog in Naarn. Currently, the regulations for dog owners are a matter for the states.
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At least, on Lindner’s initiative, the conference participants were able to agree on the nationwide exchange of data on dogs that had already become conspicuous. A legally binding agreement between the states is to be drawn up under Upper Austrian leadership. This is intended to enable data exchange regarding entries of official findings – such as those due to a bite incident. As “long overdue” Lindner describes this initiative.
Training methods are evaluated
Only “half satisfied” Lindner, on the other hand, presented the results regarding the stricter rules for training dogs in the private sector. Here, the State Council would have liked to see stricter bans against training courses that provoke aggression against people. But that ultimately failed due to the resistance of the Lower Austrian representatives, said Lindner. A proposal was agreed upon, which stipulates that a federal-state working group under the leadership of Upper Austria should evaluate the existing training methods. “The aim is to clarify and, if necessary, expand the existing regulations for further restrictions on training”says Lindner. In any case, we’re sticking with it and trying to push forward concrete content regarding the dog ownership law, at least within the framework of Upper Austria’s possibilities. Lindner would also like to contact Minister Rauch. “It shouldn’t fail because of Upper Austria”says Lindner.
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