STATE HYGIENE 571 



Under any of the above circumstances where these rules are contra- 

 vened, the animal may be seized, examined by a Veterinary Inspector 

 and dealt with as follows : 



If diseased it is forthwith destroyed in the presence of the Inspector, 

 at such place as he may fix. 



If the case is only suspicious, it may be destroyed on the spot at the 

 request of the owner or person in charge ; or it may be moved under 

 the licence of an Inspector to a suitable place, and then destroyed 

 within twelve hours, for which period only the licence is available. 



The licence specifies where the destruction is to be carried out, and it 

 cannot be done at any other. The animal is moved under the direction 

 of the Inspector, and destruction carried out in his presence. 



If the place fixed for destruction is within the district of another 

 local authority, their permission must be first obtained. 



If the owner or person in charge makes no request to have the 

 animal destroyed, it is moved to a convenient place by the Inspector, 

 and isolated for such time as the local authorities think expedient ; but 

 the animal may at any time be destroyed at the request of the owner 

 or person in charge. 



If the owner or person in charge makes a request for destruction 

 while the animal is isolated, and during this time it proves to be 

 diseased, it shall be dealt with just as if it had been found diseased 

 when seized. 



When a diseased animal has been exposed in a public place, espe- 

 cially a market, sale-yard, etc., the market authorities, or owner, or 

 occupier of the place, is not again to allow it to be used for equines 

 until a Veterinary Inspector has certified that that portion of it has, as 

 far as practicable, been cleansed and disinfected. 



The expense connected with the seizure of any animal may be 

 recovered from the owner. 



It is unlawful, excepting by licence, to send for transit by any means 

 or method fodder, litter, or manure which has been in contact with or 

 used with diseased animals. Such licence will only be granted by the 

 local authorities, on the certificate of an Inspector, that the thing moved 

 has, as far as practicable, been disinfected. 



In the foregoing considerations, it will be observed that the owner 

 is compelled by the pressure exercised to destroy his affected animal, 

 or else, if a business man, to incur a heavy loss ; if the local authorities 

 like they can ear-mark his establishment and completely close it so 

 long as he keeps a diseased animal alive. A man may keep as many 

 glandered horses as he likes alive, provided they are on his premises, 

 or in a place so enclosed that an outside animal cannot be affected ; if 

 the same owner allows one of these horses to stray, or to be led along 

 a road, the local authorities can at once seize it and destroy it without 

 reference. 



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