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such animal is liberated in an injured, mutilated, or exhausted 

 condition ; but a captive animal is not considered to be 

 coursed or hunted before it is liberated for the purpose of 

 being coursed or hunted, or after it has been recaptured, or 

 if it is under control. 



The section applies not only to domestic animals, but also 

 to any animal which is in captivity or confinement, or which 

 is maimed, pinioned, or subjected to any appliance or con- 

 trivance for the purpose of hindering or preventing its escape 

 from captivity or confinement. 



In any case of a conviction of an owner for an offence of 

 cruelty to his animal, the court is given the power to direct 

 that the animal shall be destroyed at the expense of the 

 owner if upon the evidence of a duly registered veterinary 

 surgeon it is shown to be cruel to keep the animal alive. If 

 it is shown that the animal would be likely to be exposed to 

 further cruelty if left with its owner, he may be deprived by 

 the court of the ownership of the animal. The owner of an 

 animal may obtain compensation not exceeding ten pounds 

 for the damage or injury caused to his animal by a person 

 convicted of the cruelty which has caused the damage. 



Animals in Pounds. — Impounded animals must be fed and 

 watered by the person impounding them under the penalty 

 of a fine ; and if impounded animals are left without sufficient 

 suitable food or water for six hours or longer, anybody may 

 enter the pound and feed and water them. In either case 

 the cost of the food or water is recoverable from the owner. 



Use of Poisons. — The existing law as to the use of poisons 

 is modified, and under the new Act a person is liable to a 

 penalty if he (a) sells, or offers or exposes for sale, or gives 

 away, or causes or procures any person to sell or offer or 

 expose for sale or give away, or knowingly is a party to the 

 sale or offering or exposing for sale or giving away of any 

 grain or seed which has been rendered poisonous except for 

 bond-fide use in agriculture; or (b) knowingly puts or places, 

 or causes or procures any person to put or place, or know- 

 ingly is a party to the putting or placing, in or upon any 

 land or building any poison, or any fluid or edible matter 

 (not being sown seed or grain) which has been rendered 

 poisonous. 



