Article 46a is meaningless in the context where it is stipulated that the dog must be on a leash in a public place. Which does not make sense, because on the outskirts of towns, in the countryside, there is a great deal of public amenity owned by municipalities, where in many cases even a deer is not walked once a year. This is the state's way of humanising dogs, which are basically wolves. This article in the Animal Welfare Act should be relaxed. However, it should be added to restrict the ownership of domestic animals in residential areas. The first because of the noise, and the second because of the litter they leave in the apartment. You can have a domestic animal, a dog, a cat, etc., up to a weight of 5 kg, but anything larger than that, the owner would have to own a plot of land of at least 200 square metres in order to be able to walk the animal and to leave excrement on his land. Until Baričević was bitten, abuse was allowed, but now he is not even allowed to set foot on a public area without a leash. Put yourself in the body of an animal confined to about 20m all day, then on a leash on a walk, then back to torture. Please relax Article 46a off leash in a public place where there is no traffic, and tighten up on keeping animals in dormitories and landless ownership. And it will be sorted quickly.