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Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 2 Cited in Amendments 13 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1996 c. 3
Year1996
  • If, save as permitted by this Act, any person mutilates, kicks, beats, nails or otherwise impales, stabs, burns, stones, crushes, drowns, drags or asphyxiates any wild mammal with intent to inflict unnecessary suffering he shall be guilty of an offence.
    • (a) the attempted killing of any such wild mammal as an act of mercy if he shows that the mammal had been so seriously disabled otherwise than by his unlawful act that there was no reasonable chance of its recovering;(b) the killing in a reasonably swift and humane manner of any such wild mammal if he shows that the wild mammal had been injured or taken in the course of either lawful shooting, hunting, coursing or F1lawful pest control activity;(c) doing anything which is authorised by or under any enactment;(d) any act made unlawful by section 1 if the act was done by means of any snare, trap, dog, or bird lawfully used for the purpose of killing or taking any wild mammal; or(e) the lawful use of any poisonous or noxious substance on any wild mammal.
  • F3In this Act “
    • (a) without warrant, stop and search that person and any vehicle or article he may have with him; and(b) seize and detain for the purposes of proceedings under any of those provisions anything which may be evidence of the commission of the offence or may be liable to be confiscated under section 6 of this Act.

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