The State Inspectorate frequently receives inquiries from citizens on this matter.

The State Inspectorate frequently receives inquiries from citizens on this matter.

According to the Hunting Rules:

85. For hunting, training, and conducting competitions and/or trials, hunters are permitted to use hunting dogs as per Appendix 8 and/or falcons as per Appendix 9, registered with the Belarusian Society of Hunters and Fishermen (BOOR) in accordance with administrative procedure legislation, in cases stipulated by these Rules. Other animals (decoy animals and others) may be used for hunting without restrictions.

86. In training zones (for breaking-in, retrieving, scent trailing, and other training) for hunting dogs, falcons, and other animals used for hunting (hereinafter – training zone), hunters are permitted, during daylight hours and without hunting weapons, to train hunting dogs, falcons, and other animals used for hunting, and to conduct trials and competitions without the right to take wild animals living in their natural habitat.

87. In the event that, during training in accordance with clause 86 of these Rules, a dog or falcon takes (kills or inflicts injuries incompatible with survival in the wild) a wild animal, the hunter conducting the training of the hunting dog or falcon must, without moving or dismembering the said animal, inform an official representative of the hunting grounds user. An act shall be drawn up concerning the accidental taking of wild animals specified in the first part of this clause by the hunting grounds user, with the participation of representatives of the state forestry institution subordinate to the Ministry of Forestry, and/or the territorial body of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, and/or the territorial body of the State Inspectorate for the Protection of Fauna and Flora under the President of the Republic of Belarus. The taken animal shall be the property of the hunting grounds user.

88. Trials of hunting dogs, falcons, and other animals used for hunting, competitions involving them, and their preparation for these events may be conducted in hunting grounds outside training zones (except for quiet zones), subject to agreement with the hunting grounds user and notification of the State Inspectorate for the Protection of Fauna and Flora under the President of the Republic of Belarus.