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Injured Animals. If a P.C. finds any animal (horse, mule, ass, bull, sheep, 

 goat or pig) so diseased, severely injured, or in such a physical condition that, 

 in his opinion, having regard to the means available for removing the animal, 

 there is no possibility of removing it without cruelty, he shall, if the owner be 

 absent or refuse consent to its destruction, summon a V.S., and on his certificate 

 may cause the animal to be slaughtered without the owner's consent. 



THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1912. 

 This is in substance the same as the above. 



POULTRY ACT, 1911. 



This is an Act to enable Orders to be made under the Diseases of Animals 

 Acts for protecting live poultry from unnecessary suffering, and for other 

 purposes connected therewith. The Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, is, by this 

 Act, to have effect for the purpose of protecting poultry from unnecessary 

 suffering while being conveyed by land or water, and in connection with their 

 exposure for sale, and their disposal after sale, and for requiring the cleansing 

 and disinfection of receptacles or vehicles used for the conveyance of live 

 poultry. For the purposes of an Order made under this Act the word " animals " 

 is to include live poultry. "Poultry" includes domestic fowls, turkeys, geese, 

 ducks, guinea-fowls and pigeons. 



CONVEYANCE OF LIVE POULTRY ORDER, 1919. 



Protection of Poultry during Conveyance by Water. The conveyance of 

 poultry on a vessel to or from a port in Great Britain shall comply with the 

 following conditions : 



(1) The poultry shall, while on board or on premises of a shipping company 

 in connection with their conveyance by water, be protected as far as practicable 

 from exposure to bad weather or sea water or excessive heat. 



(2) Shall be carried only in such parts of the vessel as are sufficiently 

 ventilated, and receptacles containing the poultry shall be disposed so as to allow 

 sufficient ventilation to reach each receptacle, and so as to afford access to each 

 receptacle for inspection of the poultry as occasion may require. 



(3) Receptacles containing poultry shall be secured so as not to be liable 

 to be shifted by the motion of the vessel. 



(4) A receptacle containing poultry may be placed on another only if sufficient 

 ventilation is left for each. 



(5) The poultry, whether carried in receptacles or otherwise, shall not be 

 so overcrowded as to cause injury or unnecessary suffering. 



If any head of poultry while on a vessel or on the premises of a shipping 

 company is found to be so injured that, in the opinion of the master or a superior 

 officer of the shipping company, the destruction of the bird is desirable to 

 prevent unnecessary suffering, the master or officer may cause it to be killed. 



Protection of Poultry during Conveyance by Railway. The conveyance of 

 poultry by railway in Great Britain shall comply with the following conditions : 



(1) While on a truck or other vehicle, or on the premises of a railway 

 company for conveyance, shall be protected as far as practicable from exposure 

 to bad weather or excessive heat. 



(2) Every railway truck or other vehicle in which poultry are conveyed shall 

 be sufficiently ventilated. 



(3) Receptacles containing poultry shall be so disposed as to allow sufficient 

 ventilation to reach each one and so as to afford access to each. 



(4) Receptacles shall be secured so as not to be liable to be shifted during 

 transit. 



(5) As (4) above. 



(6) As (5) above. 



