Department of Veterinary Public Health and Toxicology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic.
Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2012;48(1):97-104. doi: 10.4415/ANN_12_01_16.
The growing numbers of stray dogs and cats have posed serious public-health, socioeconomic, political and animal-welfare problems in many EU countries. Stray animal population control is a complex issue and there are no easy solutions. Recognising the importance of the issue the European Commission has, since 2007, actively contributed to the elaboration of the first global welfare standards for the control of dog populations in the framework of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). Problem-solving approaches vary in different countries as there is no common European Community legislation dealing with stray animal control. In this paper the authors describe the characteristics of the stray dog and cat problem in general and focus on existing European legislation. A comparative overview of policies and measures in place in the Czech Republic and in Italy is made to observe the differences between the two countries and understand the different needs in each, considering their historical and social differences (i.e. a post-communist eastern country vs a western country and founder member of what is now the European Union).
越来越多的流浪狗和猫在许多欧盟国家造成了严重的公共卫生、社会经济、政治和动物福利问题。流浪动物种群控制是一个复杂的问题，没有简单的解决方案。认识到这个问题的重要性，欧盟委员会自 2007 年以来一直在世界动物卫生组织（OIE）的框架内积极参与制定控制狗群的全球福利标准，这是第一项全球福利标准。由于没有涉及流浪动物控制的共同欧盟立法，不同国家的解决问题的方法各不相同。本文作者描述了流浪狗和猫问题的一般特征，并重点介绍了现有的欧洲立法。对捷克共和国和意大利现行政策和措施进行了比较性概述，以观察两国之间的差异，并了解每个国家的不同需求，考虑到两国之间的历史和社会差异（即一个后共产主义的东欧国家与一个西方国家和现在的欧盟创始成员国）。
