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grain) wliicli has been reiulertHl poiaoiiDUS, but it is provided 

 that in proceetlings under paragraph i^b) it sliall be a defence 

 that the poison was placed for the purpose of destroying rats, 

 mice, or other small vei'min, and that the accused took all 

 reasonal)le precautions to prevent access thereto of dogs, cats, 

 fowls, or other domestic animals. Section 9 forbids the use of 

 dogs for purposes of draught on any public highway. Section 10 

 requires under penalty of a fine not exceeding bl. any person 

 setting or causing to be set any spring trap for catching, any 

 hare or rabbit to inspect or cause some competent person to 

 inspect the trap at reasonable intervals of time and at least 

 once every day between sunrise and sunset. Section 11 

 empowers a police constable finding any animal so diseased or 

 seriously injured or in such a physical condition as to make it 

 impossible to remove it without cruelty, to slaughter or procure 

 the animal to be slaughtered on the certificate of a veterinary 

 surgeon, and any expense may be recovered from the owner 

 summarily as a civil debt. Section 12 relates to the powers of 

 constables under the Act, and Section 13 obliges employers and 

 owners to produce drivers or animals if so required where 

 proceedings are instituted under the Act. Under Section 15 

 the expression " animal " is defined as meaning " any domestic 

 or captive animal," and the expression " domestic animal " as 

 meaning any " horse, ass, mule, bull " (which includes any 

 cow, bullock, heifer, calf, steer, or ox), " sheep, pig, goat, dog, 

 eat, or fowl, or any other animal of whatsoever kind or species, 

 and whether a quadruped or not which is tame or which has 

 been or is sufficiently tamed to serve some purpose for the use 

 of man." A '' captive animal " means " any animal (not being 

 a domestic animal) of whatsoever kind or species, and whether 

 a quadruped or not, including any bird, fish, or reptile, which 

 is in captivity, or confinement, or which is maimed, pinioned, 

 or subjected to any appliance or contrivance for the purpose 

 of hindering or preventing its escape from captivity or 

 confinement." 



The Poultry Act, 1911 (1 and 2 Geo. 5 c. 11) has for its 

 object the protecting of live poultry from unnecessary suffering. 

 It enacts that orders may be made under the Diseases of 

 Animals Act, 1894, for (a) protecting live poultry from 

 unnecessary suffering while being conveyed by land or water 

 and in connection with their exposure for sale and their 

 disposal after sale, for (6) requiring the cleansing or disinfection 

 of receptacles or vehicles used for the conveyance of live 

 poultr}'. An inspector for the purpose of enforcing an order 

 under this Act may examine live ix)ultry under any circum- 

 stances to which the order relates and any receptacle or vehicle 

 used for their conveyance, and may enter any vessel or 



