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Livestock Protection Act ([RSBC 1996] Chapter 273).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
British Columbia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1996
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal welfare Ownership
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Act provides for the protection of livestock, (defined as domestic animals) and for the payment of compensation resulting from damage caused by dogs. It regulates licensing of dogs in sections 3 and 4. It prescribes steps to be taken if; one finds a dog in a pack, (sec 5); or running at large, (sec7), and sections 8 and 12 deal with the killing of dogs. Section 9 allows an animal protection officer to serve a violation report to a dog owner if they have reasonable grounds to believe that a dog, for which a valid and subsisting licence has been issued, is, or has been, running at large. Section 11 deals with the warning procedure, and section 16 with offences and penalties. Moreover section 10 provides for compensation where an owner of a domestic animal is killed or injured by a dog that is not owned or kept by that owner.

Full text
English
Website
www.qp.gov.bc.ca

References - Legislation

Repealed by

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act ([SBC 2003] Chapter 7).

Legislation | Canada | 2003

Keyword: Agricultural development, Cattle, Internal trade, International trade, Transport/storage, Slaughtering, Apiculture/sericulture, Animal production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX