Section 5: Staff with Responsibility for Animal Protection
Article 17
1. In order facilitate the execution of matters concerning animal protection and control, such as on-the-spot inspections conducted in accordance with the regulations outlined in Paragraph 1 of Article 13, or on-the-spot surveys conducted in accordance with the regulations outlined in the preceding article, local public bodies may appoint staff to posts with titles such as "animal protection manager", etc. (In the following paragraph, such staff are referred to as "staff with responsibility for animal protection".)
2. Staff with responsibility for animal protection should be appointed from among the staff of public bodies who have professional knowledge concerning the proper care and keeping of animals such as veterinary knowledge, etc.