title: [Hunting and animal protection].
abstract: In the Federal Republic of Germany the handling of animals during hunting is governed more by the animal protection law than by the corresponding hunting law. Points of the animal protection law which directly affect hunting are (1) the release of wild animals, (2) the training and examination of animals concerning attacking other animals, (3) the setting of animals on other animals, and (4) the killing of vertebrates. Guiding principles for killing wild animals during hunting according to the animal protection law are formulated and discussed in relation to the traditional German understanding of hunting ethics. It can be expected that hunting will increasingly become a topic of public discussion on animal protection, in which the ethics of hunting in relation to the wild animal will be dominant.
authors: A W
authors: AW
authors: Herling
mesh_terms: D000827:Animal Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D004989:Ethics; D005858:Germany; D013177:Sports / Q000592:standards*
vernacular_title: Jagd und Tierschutz.