Animal protection; arrangement

The competent district administrative authority may, in order to eliminate established violations or to prevent future violations of the Animal Welfare Act, order, taking into account the principle of proportionality, that

• the holder implements necessary measures to meet the requirements of § 2 Animal Protection Act,
• animals taken away from the holder and until the improvement of the housing conditions at his expense are housed elsewhere,
• animals are sold,
• animals are killed at the expense of the holder while avoiding pain,
• no animals or no animals of a particular species may be kept or cared for more,
  keeping or caring for animals of a particular or any species is made dependent on obtaining a corresponding certificate of competence,
• animal experiments are discontinued.