Abstract
The basic legal act in Poland which regulates the issue of humane animal protection is the Act on animal protection of 21 August 1997. Regretfully, due to its numerous shortcomings, such as lack of terminological accuracy and internal consistency, the practical application of this Act often entails serious difficulties. Such difficulties certainly include interpretative doubts related to the current wording of Article 2(1) defining the objective scope of the Act on animal protection. However, the research carried out made it possible to establish that only vertebrate animals are protected under this Act, irrespective of their species and the possible means of their exploitation by humans. It has also been demonstrated that, under the legislation currently in force, it is not possible to extend this protection to invertebrate animals, even if some of them are known to be capable of feeling suffering. This does not mean that invertebrates are deprived of any legal protection. Nonetheless, the normative basis of this protection should be seen in other legal acts.
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