Polen verbietet das Anketten von Hunden und Katzen

next based step would be: banning dogs.

Can we also ban keeping your properties open so I don’t get attacked by random dogs and letting your cats unattended outside so my property is not invaded during the night?

I thought it was banned for a year or two already

Can we also ban large breeds while we are at that?
Or require the owner be by the side of his dog at all times?

Next time a dog attacks a person, make sure to apologize to the dog for being in its way.

.. cats? Why tf would you chain cats?

In grandma’s village there was at least one incident where an unchained dog jumped a fence (Idk how tall probably over >1.60m) and caused then issues. I don’t know they bit someone on the stree or not…

I’m not saying to chain animals, I still think it’s cruel. In many ways that’s worse than having animals in cages at a zoo. But stuff like what I mentioned does happen…

But killing and raping animals for food isnt…

r/vegan

Keeping dogs and cats chained up at home will be banned in Poland from next year, after President Karol Nawrocki signed into law a bill prohibiting the practice.

His decision ends a long-running dispute over the issue, after Nawrocki last year vetoed a previous proposal to ban chaining because it also included what he argued were excessive and unrealistic additional measures on minimum kennel sizes for dogs.

The new law bans owners from tethering dogs and cats at home. Animals must be kept either inside the house, in a fenced garden or, if that is not possible, in a kennel “large enough for the animal to move freely and satisfy its natural needs”. Dogs kept in kennels must be provided with daily exercise outside of it.

Dogs and cats can still be put on leashes in certain situations, such as when they are being walked, but also during transport, while participating in shows, performances or training, if they are at vets or groomers, or if they represent a danger to humans or other animals.

Now that the bill has been signed by Nawrocki, it will be published in the official *Journal of Laws* (*Dziennik Ustaw*), after which it goes into force 12 months later.

The new measures represent a successful second attempt to introduce a leashing ban. A previous bill was [approved by parliament](https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/09/26/polish-parliament-votes-to-ban-keeping-dogs-on-leash-at-home/) last September. However, in December, Nawrocki, who is aligned with the right-wing opposition, [announced that he was vetoing it](https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/02/polish-president-signs-fur-farm-ban-into-law-but-vetoes-prohibition-on-chaining-up-dogs/).

The president argued that, “although the intention – protecting animals – is just and noble, the law itself was poorly drafted”. In particular, he said that elements introducing minimum sizes for dog kennels were unrealistic and would “harm farmers, breeders and ordinary rural households”.

After an [attempt by parliament to overturn the veto](https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/03/polish-parliament-will-seek-rare-override-of-presidential-veto-on-dog-chaining-ban/) failed, legislators went back to the drawing board and, following discussions with the president’s chancellery and animal rights groups, drafted a compromise bill that was approved by parliament earlier this month.

The bill received support from the current ruling coalition, which ranges from left to centre right, as well as most MPs from the national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS), the main opposition party. The far-right Confederation (Konfederacja) and Confederation of the Polish Crown (KKP) voted against it.

“We now have a better law, with positive feedback from entities such as the agricultural chamber,” said Nawrocki today. “It demonstrates that the pressure of the presidential veto makes sense. My previous decision to refuse to sign this bill forced the government and parliament to work harder.”

However, although Nawrocki said the new law would no longer entail “rigid and costly requirements” for kennels, his office noted in a separate statement that the legislation requires the agriculture minister to issue a regulation establishing “minimum kennel area, taking into account the dog’s size”.

It remains unclear if and how that would differ from the requirements Nawrocki previously vetoed.

The presidential chancellery also noted that the law itself already outlines that kennels must be made of “wood or wood-like material with thermal insulation”, must be insulated from the ground, and must have openings on at least two sides to allow light and air to enter.

[**Daniel Tilles**](https://notesfrompoland.com/author/daniel/)

Daniel Tilles is editor-in-chief of *Notes from Poland*. He has written on Polish affairs for a wide range of publications, including *Foreign Policy*, *POLITICO Europe*, *EUobserver* and *Dziennik Gazeta Prawna*.

This would be a good thing if the owners kept their pets on their property

I completely understand why that law was needed but I feel like that’s a sistuation where idiots ruined it for everyone. Like my MIL’s dog loved being put outside at the end of a hot summer day because it took the house a couple hours longer to cool down than the outside. Putting him on a chain when they had a garden party was also the easiest solution to give him space to move around without him running away to check out the neighbors garbage (sheep farmer who threw stillbirths into his garbage heap). That dog never had an outside kennel because he was a beloved pet and obviously a fence would solve that issue but fences are pretty expensive. It just sucks that there are so many bad dog owners out there.

This will sadly not be enforced. Only in extreme cases.

worst country in europe does something right type of shit

It should be the other way around too. If your dog is outside your property it should be on a leash.

What exactly does chaining mean here and why is it banned? 

Yesterday when working outside I put my dog on a 8 meter leash so he couldn’t leave the property.

Good. Now fine offenders to oblivion.

Rare Poland W

Maybe stupid question, does this mean that if a person is attacked by a mad dog that ran from one’s property, then the dog owner wont be responsible for the attack anymore?

Also banned in Lithuania