On the whole, people in Poland are positive about regulations to improve the situation of animals, and also about changes to criminal law in this area. There is virtually no argument with higher penalties for cruelty to animals, nor with imposing a lifetime ban from keeping animals on people who have shown particular cruelty to them. Voices against, however, are most numerous when it comes to delegalizing the use of animals in circuses, and can also be heard, though in smaller numbers, in relation to banning the breeding of animals for fur, and to keeping dogs chained up.

More on this subject in the CBOS report.