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Animal enclosures are permanent facilities that are set up outside residential and commercial buildings. You can keep animals of wild species in an animal enclosure.

Before you start building an animal enclosure, you must notify the project at least one month in advance. To do this, submit the necessary information to the lower nature conservation authority.

The lower nature conservation authority can issue orders to ensure compliance with species and nature conservation during the construction of the animal enclosure.

• You must operate the animal enclosure as a permanent facility for at least seven days a year.
• You must keep the animals outside residential and commercial buildings.
• You may not operate the animal enclosure as a zoo for the purpose of displaying the animals.
• You must comply with animal and species protection regulations.
• You must not impair the ecosystem or the landscape.
• You must not restrict access to forests, meadows and waterways.

Supplement to the State of Brandenburg:

• When keeping the animals, you must take into account the biological and conservation needs of the respective species, in particular you must design the respective enclosures according to location, size and design and interior equipment species-appropriate and animal-friendly,
• they must care for the animals on the basis of a written veterinary prevention, treatment and nutrition programme in accordance with good veterinary practice;
• They must prevent the entry of harmful organisms and the escape of animals.

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Notify the lower nature conservation authority of the construction of the animal enclosure at least one month in advance. You can submit the notification by online form, e-mail or post.

The lower nature conservation authority will check your information from the point of view of nature conservation and landscape management. If you do not meet the requirements for setting up the animal enclosure, the lower nature conservation authority can issue appropriate orders.

Supplement to the State of Brandenburg:

It may order the removal of an animal enclosure if lawful conditions cannot be established by other means.

• Notification period: at least 1 month before the construction of the animal enclosure

Contact your local authority

• Https://service.brandenburg.de/service/de/adressen/weitere-verzeichnisse/verzeichnisliste/~environmental-authorities-below

• § Section 43 (3) of the Federal Nature Conservation Act (BNatSchG)

Ministry for Climate Protection, Agriculture, Rural Areas and the Environment Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania