Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Legislation
- Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006
- Duty of Care
- Who has duty
of care?
- The owner/anyone who is
caring for them
- Who can
enforce the act?
- SSPCA, Local
authority inspectors
- Care Notices
- A notice of the situation of
an animal and how it can
be resolved, which is
given to the owner
- Penalties
- the animal is removed
from thier care, owner
maybe fined, the owner
maybe banned from
keeping animals.
- Animal Fighting
- DEFINITION - an occation
on which a protected animal
is placed with an animal or
human for the purpose of
fighting, wrestling or baiting
- A person commits an
offence if the person-
- keeps or trades an
animal for an
animal fight
- possesses
equiptment for the
use at an animal
fight
- causes an animal fight
to take place
- participates in:
- making or
carrying out an
animal fight
- arranging an
animal fight
- including
allowing premesis
to be used
- accepting bets
for the outcome
of a fight
- publishes or supplies a
video recoring of an
animal fight
- Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976
- this legislation was passed
because there was a rise of
wild/exotic animals with the public
- this caused problems when
first implemented as people
didnt know what to do with
these types of animals
- who needs a licence and
who doesnt?
- people who own a wild animal
and do not show it to the
public need a licence
- circuses, zoos and wild
animal parks do not
need a licence
- when granting a
licence the inspector
will check for:
- previous
knowledge of
the animal in
question
- appropriate
accomodation
- sutible for
neighbours
- Dangerous Dogs Act 1991
- it is illegal to keep the
following types of dogs
unless listed as exempt
- pit bull terrier type
- japanese tosa
- dogo argentino
- fila brasileiros
- if classified as
exempt they-
- must be muzzled and on
a leash whilst in public
- must be neutered and
not sold or passed on
- problems with this act
- they look at the breed not
the nature and
temperament of individuals
- this gives these
dogs a bad sterotype