Prague City Hall will restrict ban on begging with animals to city centre

The Czech Interior Ministry has raised objections to plans by Prague City Hall to ban the use of animals in begging across the capital. The ministry said a blanket ban on begging with animals could contradict the case law of the Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights, according to which begging is a fundamental human right. Prague City Hall spokesman Vít Hofman said the municipality would modify the proposal so that the ban would not apply across the board, but only in selected locations, mostly in the city centre.