SCHEDULE
Sections 2, 6, 7, 10, 15(1) and 18(3)
SCHEDULE
“SCHEDULE 1
APPROPRIATE METHODS OF HUMANE KILLING
Subject to paragraph 2 below, the methods of humane killing listed in Tables A and B below are appropriate for the animals listed in the corresponding entries in those tables only if the process of killing is completed by one of the methods listed in sub-paragraphs (a) to (f) below:
confirmation of permanent cessation of the circulation
destruction of the brain
dislocation of the neck
exsanguination
confirming the onset of rigor mortis
instantaneous destruction of the body in a macerator.
Paragraph 1 above does not apply in those cases where Table A specifies one of the methods listed in that paragraph as an appropriate method of humane killing.
A. Methods for animals other than foetal, larval and embryonic forms |
Animals for which appropriate |
1 Overdose of an anaesthetic using a route and an anaesthetic agent appropriate for the size and species of animal. |
All animals |
2 Exposure to carbon dioxide gas in a rising concentration. |
Rodents, Rabbits and Birds up to 1.5 kg |
3 Dislocation of the neck. |
Rodents up to 500g Rabbits up to 1 kg Birds up to 3 kg |
4 Concussion of the brain by striking the cranium. |
Rodents and Rabbits up to 1 kg Birds up to 250g Amphibians and reptiles (with destruction of the brain before the return of consciousness) up to 1 kg Fishes (with destruction of the brain before the return of consciousness) |
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2 One of the recognised methods of slaughter set out below which is appropriate to the animal... |
