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Foreign Animals Order of 1903. 



Applies to vessels on which foreign animals* intended to be landed 

 at a Foreign Animals Wharf are carried to a port in Great Britain. 



Animals are not to be carried on more than three decks, nor on any 

 hatch above a compartment where other animals are carried, nor on 

 any hatch the coamings of which exceed eighteen inches in height, nor 

 in any part of a vessel where they would interfere with navigation, 

 ventilation, or efficient working of the boats. 



The size of the pens, flooring, protection against weather, and 

 injury, are the same as in the Order first quoted. Pens are not to be 

 overcrowded, and sufficient space must be allotted to enable the 

 animals to feed and lie down.t 



The question of light, food and water, approaches and gangways, are 

 the same as in the Order first quoted. 



All cattle whether polled or not are to be tied by the head or neck so 

 as to stand athwartships. 



Qualified attendants for the proper care of the animals must be 

 carried, and in charge of a responsible foreman. The total number of 

 persons thus provided should be one for every twenty-five head of 

 cattle. 



Injured animals may be destroyed by the master, unless he is 

 satisfied they can be kept ahve and led away without cruelty. 



Any maimed or injured animal landed, shall be destroyed by the 

 owner or person in charge if directed by an Inspector of the Board so 

 to do. 



Up to this point the Order is clear ; it refers to ' animals,' viz.. 

 Ruminants and Swine coming from Foreign Countries, and landed at 

 certain Foreign Animals "Wharfs.J In dealing with pens, fittings, 

 space, overcrowding, ventilation, passage ways, light, attendance, food 

 and water only the term ' animal ' is used, but when the Order deals 

 with ' disinfection ' horses, asses, and mules are for the first time men- 

 tioned, and it is directed that for the purpose of disinfection the above 

 equines become ' animals ' within the meaning of the Act. 



* Though the term ' animals ' only means all ruminating animals 

 and swine, yet this Order later on speaks of horses, asses and mules. 

 It is evident these are not landed at a Foreign Animals Wharf within 

 the meaning of the Act, so that some confusion exists so far as equines 

 are concerned. 



f As the pens are eleven feet long by nine feet deep, it is a pity the 

 Order does not state how many animals each should contain. 



X These wharfs are at the following ports ; Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, 

 Hull, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 

 Southampton. 



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