CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (ART. 299 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine): COMPOSITION OF THE CRIME, CRIMINAL-AND-LEGAL RESPONSE MEASURES

Abstract

The article is devoted to clarifying the existing approaches to the interpretation of law enforcement activities of individual features of the objective and subjective side of the crime provided in Art. 299 of the Criminal Code, including its qualifying and especially qualifying features and the provision of recommendations aimed at forming a unified law enforcement position regarding the qualification of this criminal offense, as well as drawing attention to the drawbacks  of the normative certainty of certain measures of criminal law response to manifestations of animal cruelty.