Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
more than four head of cattle (two calves under six months being counted as one). The pens shall be arranged so that the cattle stand athwartships and shall be substantially constructed and securely fastened so as to stand rough weather. The pens shall be cleansed at least once a day.
14. The Senior Veterinary Officer, any food officer and any police officer may board any vessel within the territorial waters of the Colony at any time in order to ascertain whether regulations 11 to 13 are complied with.
15. No vessel shall be permitted to carry more than two hundred head of cattle for export at any one time.
16. Each animal conveyed in any vessel shall, except as hereinafter provided, have not less than fourteen square feet of deck-space allotted. Footholds shall be provided to prevent slipping, and the animals shall stand athwartships and shall be secured by a halter and not be tied by the nose: Provided that in the case of cattle under two years of age the deck-space allotted shall be fourteen square feet for every two such cattle.
Sheep and Goats.
17. Sheep and goats shall be carried in any vessel in substantially built pens containing not more than forty in each pen, and three square feet shall be allowed per head.
Pigs.
18. (1) Not more than forty pigs in any vessel shall be placed in one pen. Three square feet shall be allowed per head, two pigs each under 80 lbs. live weight to count as one, three pigs each under 50 lbs. live weight to count as one.
(2) When carried in crates, a separate crate shall be assigned to each pig. Every such crate shall be of sufficiently large dimensions to hold the pig comfortably and shall also have a small enough mesh to prevent the pig from being injured. Crates shall be arranged in rows and, if stacked, there shall be two layers or tiers only. Rows, if not single, shall be two deep only. Crates shall be so
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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
more than four head of cattle (two calves under six months being counted as one). The pens shall be arranged so that the cattle stand athwartships and shall be substantially constructed and securely fastened so as to stand rough weather. The pens shall be cleansed at least once a day.
14. The Senior Veterinary Officer, any food officer and any police officer may board any vessel within the territorial waters of the Colony at any time in order to ascertain whether regulations 11 to 13 are complied with.
15. No vessel shall be permitted to carry more than two hundred head of cattle for export at any one time.
16. Each animal conveyed in any vessel shall, except as hereinafter provided, have not less than fourteen square feet of deck-space allotted. Footholds shall be provided to prevent slipping, and the animals shall stand athwartships and shall be secured by a halter and not be tied by the nose: Provided that in the case of cattle under two years of age the deck-space allotted shall be fourteen square feet for every two such cattle.
Sheep and Goats.
17. Sheep and goats shall be carried in any vessel in substantially built pens containing not more than forty in each pen, and three square feet shall be allowed per head.
Pigs.
18. (1) Not more than forty pigs in any vessel shall be placed in one pen. Three square feet shall be allowed per head, two pigs each under So lbs. live weight to count as one, three pigs each under 50 lbs. live weight to count
as one.
(2) When carried in crates, a separate crate shall be assigned to each pig. Every such crate shall be of suffi- ciently large dimensions to hold the pig comfortably and shall also have a small enough mesh to prevent the pig from being injured. Crates shall be arranged in rows and, if stacked, there shall be two layers or tiers only. Rows, if not single, shall be two deep only. Crates shall be so
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