WELFARE OF ANIMALS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972

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WELFARE OF ANIMALS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 13



13. Subject to section 15, any person who

(a)cruelly beats, kicks, ill-treats, over-rides, over-drives, over-loads,
tortures, infuriates or terrifies any animal; or

(b)conveys or carries any animal in such manner as to cause that animal any
unnecessary suffering; or

(c)wilfully, without reasonable cause or excuse, administers to or causes to
be be taken by any animal any poisonous or noxious substance; or

(d)uses rubber bands or any other form of constriction for the purpose of
dehorning any animal; or

(e)without reasonable cause or excuse, abandons, whether permanently or not,
any animal of which he is the owner or has charge or control, in circumstances
likely to cause the animal any unnecessary suffering; or

(f)exposes for sale any animal bearing unhealed wounds from castration or
other operation; or

(g)causes, procures or, being the owner, permits any of the acts of cruelty
specified in paragraphs (a) to (f) or causes or procures or, being the owner,
permits the causing of any unnecessary suffering to any animal;

Offences in relation to operations.

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WELFARE OF ANIMALS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 13