18 Powers in relation to animals in distress

Animals in distress

18  Powers in relation to animals in distress

(1)     If an inspector or a constable reasonably believes that a protected animal is suffering, he may take, or arrange for the taking of, such steps as appear to him to be immediately necessary to alleviate the animal's suffering.

(2)     Subsection (1) does not authorise destruction of an animal.

(3)     If a veterinary surgeon certifies that the condition of a protected animal is such that it should in its own interests be destroyed, an inspector or a constable may—

(a)     destroy the animal where it is or take it to another place and destroy it there, or

(b)     arrange for the doing of any of the things mentioned in paragraph (a).

(4)     An inspector or a constable may act under subsection

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