Law on obligatory slaughtering in slaughter premises. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Hamburg Document type Legislation Date 1992 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock Keyword Slaughtering Cattle Rodents Sheep/goats Equine-animals Animal welfare Offences/penalties Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract Article 1 of the above-mentioned Law establishes that cattle, calves, pigs, goats, sheep, horses and other equines shall be slaughtered in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in slaughterhouses only. However, if animals must be slaughtered immediately as a result of some misadventure, they may be slaughtered outside slaughter premises. The text consists of 5 articles as follows: Obligatory slaughtering in slaughter premises (1); Emergency slaughtering and slaughtering in special cases (2); Home slaughtering (3); Religious slaughtering (4); Penalties (5); Repeal (6). Full text German Website www.hamburg.de References - Legislation Implemented by Ordinance implementing the Law on obligatory slaughtering in slaughter premises. Legislation | Germany | 1993 (2011) Keyword: Cattle, Animal welfare, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX