Legal regime of agricultural animals as objects of civil law rights

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the legal regime of farm animals in civil turnover. To disclose the topic the authors analysed the concept and considered the types of animals, investigated the features of agricultural animals as objects of civil rights. The authors used logical and dialectical methods, methods of induction, deduction, synthesis, and analysis, systemic and structural-functional methods of scientific cognition, and method of interpretation of legal norms. According to the results of the conducted research on the peculiarities of farm animals as objects of civil law regulation, the authors came to the conclusion that it is necessary to establish a special legal regime in respect of such objects. In the authors' opinion, animals as special objects of civil turnover should be regulated in a separate chapter of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. At the same time, farm animals should be singled out as a separate type of domestic animals with the establishment of the peculiarities of civil legal regime in respect of them. The authors also emphasise the need for proper regulation of the issues of acquisition and termination of ownership rights in respect of unattended farm animals. Proposals to improve the mechanisms of legal regulation of farm animals will help to create the necessary legal framework for the functioning of the livestock industry as one of the important branches of agriculture in the Russian Federation.