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Egypt
Law Regulating the Possession of Dangerous Animals and Dogs
قانون تنظيم حيازة الحيوانات الخطرة والكلاب
Promulgated by Law No. 29 of 2023. Official Gazette No. 21 bis (a), 29 May 2023.
Article 1
Definitions
Six of the eleven definitions contain text from the UAE’s Federal Law No. 22 of 2016, and two are taken from it word for word.
Animal Crime Bureau’s measurement of each definition is marked by a red rule at its side. A red line under Arabic words marks a run of five or more words that appears word for word in Article 1 of the UAE law.
فى تطبيق أحكام هذا القانون، يقصد بالكلمات والعبارات التالية المعانى المبينة قرين كل منها:
In applying the provisions of this Law, the following words and expressions have the meanings set out opposite each of them:
الحيوانات الخطرة: الحيوانات المحددة بالجدول رقم (١) المرفق بهذا القانون والتى تلحق نوعا من الأذى أو الضرر بالإنسان أو بالحيوان.
Dangerous animals: The animals specified in Schedule No. (1) annexed to this Law, which cause a form of harm or damage to humans or to animals.
5 of its 17 words appear word for word in the UAE law’s definition of dangerous animals.
حائز الحيوان: الشخص الطبيعى أو الاعتبارى الذى يملك أو يحوز أو يحتفظ أو يؤوى أو يرعى أو يحرس الحيوانات الخطرة بشكل دائم أو مؤقت.
Keeper of the animal: The natural or legal person who owns, possesses, keeps, shelters, tends or guards dangerous animals, permanently or temporarily.
16 of its 22 words, in runs of 11 and 5, appear word for word in the UAE law’s definition of the keeper of the animal.
التداول: جميع عمليات التعامل على الحيوانات الخطرة، وعلى الأخص بيعها أو استيرادها أو تصديرها أو مبادلتها أو استعارتها أو عرضها أو نقل حيازتها أو نقلها من مكان لآخر.
Trade: All dealings in dangerous animals, in particular their sale, import, export, exchange, borrowing or display, the transfer of their possession, or their movement from one place to another.
Shares no run of five words with the UAE definitions.
الإكثار أو الولادة: أى نشاط لزيادة توالد الحيوانات الخطرة.
Breeding or birth: Any activity to increase the breeding of dangerous animals.
The UAE law’s definition of breeding, without its first two words.
الحيوان الضال: الحيوان غير المملوك وغير الخاضع لسيطرة ورعاية أى حائز، ويوجد فى موقع ما معتمدا على ذاته.
Stray animal: An animal that is not owned and not subject to the control and care of any keeper, found in a given place and relying on itself.
6 of its 16 words appear word for word in the UAE law’s definition of the loose animal (الحيوان السائب). In Egypt’s law this definition belongs to the stray animal.
الحيوان المتروك: الحيوان الذى يتجول بحريته خارج مكان إيوائه بدون قيد وإشراف من حائزه ولو كان يملك معرفة الرجوع إلى مكان حيازته وإيوائه.
Abandoned animal: An animal that roams freely outside its place of shelter without restraint or supervision by its keeper, even if it knows the way back to its place of keeping and shelter.
13 of its 21 words appear word for word in the UAE law’s definition of the stray animal (الحيوان الضال), including “even if it knows the way back to its place of keeping.” In Egypt’s law this definition belongs to the abandoned animal.
الكلاب: الكلاب غير الخطرة التى يجوز الترخيص بحيازتها طبقا للفصل الثالث من هذا القانون، شريطة أن تخرج عن نطاق الفصائل الكلبية الخطرة.
Dogs: Non-dangerous dogs that may be licensed for possession under Chapter Three of this Law, provided that they fall outside the dangerous canine breeds.
Shares no run of five words with the UAE definitions.
مصطحب الكلب: كل شخص يملك السيطرة الفعلية على الكلب خارج حدود أماكن إيوائه ولو لم يكن مالكا له.
Person accompanying a dog: Any person who has actual control over a dog outside the limits of its places of shelter, even if not its owner.
Shares no run of five words with the UAE definitions.
المتنزهات الحيوانية: حدائق ذات مساحة واسعة تتيح للحيوان حرية الحركة وتحاكى بيئته الطبيعية وتمكن الزائر من الزيارة والتجول ضمن مركبات مخصصة.
Animal parks: Gardens of a large area that allow the animal freedom of movement, simulate its natural environment and enable the visitor to visit and tour within designated vehicles.
Identical to the UAE law’s definition of animal parks: all 19 words.
السلطة المختصة: الهيئة العامة للخدمات البيطرية.
Competent authority: The General Organization for Veterinary Services.
Shares no run of five words with the UAE definitions.
الوزير المختص: الوزير المعنى بشئون الخدمات البيطرية.
Competent minister: The minister responsible for veterinary services.
Shares no run of five words with the UAE definitions.
Translation
English text by Animal Crime Bureau. The Arabic text published in the Official Gazette is authoritative.
Method
The measurement is that of Working Paper No. 2. A word is underlined when it belongs to a run of five consecutive words that also appears, in the same order, in the definitions of the UAE law. Words are counted after removing vowel marks, the elongation mark, punctuation and digits, and after writing each letter that has more than one form in a single form. Across the nine provisions the paper compares, Qatar’s law of 2019, drafted separately, shares about 1 percent with each of the other laws, and that figure is the baseline. Egypt’s law shares 22 percent of its definitions with the UAE law. The full comparison, including Bahrain’s law of 2026, is in Law X-ray.
Sources
- Egypt. Law No. 29 of 2023 Promulgating the Law Regulating the Possession of Dangerous Animals and Dogs, Official Gazette No. 21 bis (a), 29 May 2023.
- United Arab Emirates. Federal Law No. 22 of 2016 on Regulating the Possession of Dangerous Animals, Official Gazette No. 609.
- Animal Crime Bureau, “Even If It Knows the Way Back”: How the Dangerous Animal Traveled Through Arab Law, Working Paper No. 2, ACB/WP/002, October 2026.
Cite this page
Animal Crime Bureau, Law Regulating the Possession of Dangerous Animals and Dogs (Egypt, promulgated by Law No. 29 of 2023), Article 1, annotated with the measurement of Working Paper No. 2, ACB/WP/002. https://animalcrimebureau.org/law/29-2023/1/