On the search for the legal nature of faunistic legal relations

In Russia, throughout the entire historical path of development, normative legal acts have been developed and adopted regulating the use and protection of the entire animal world, not limited to wild representatives in a state of natural freedom. At the same time, the theoretical foundations of faunal law have not actually been studied by legal science. Despite a significant amount of research involving either animals in a wild state, or calling for humane treatment of animals.The legal regulation of the use and protection of wild animals in pre-revolutionary Russia was considered from the perspective of civil law and police law. In the 70s of the XX century, Soviet jurists investigated the legal nature of wild animals and determined the place of protection of wild fauna in the system of branches of law.In the modern historical period, the need for a comprehensive and comprehensive study of the theoretical foundations of faunal law, including the legal regimes of both wild and non-wild animals, acquires historical and strategic significance. Most modern researchers directly identify wild animals with the subject of faunal law. Of course, wild animals are included in the subject of faunal law, as well as domestic, agricultural and other animals inhabiting the Russian Federation and the planet Earth.