Animal Care and Protection Regulation 2023
sch.3-sec.13General requirements for intensive production systems used to keep sheep
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sch.3-sec.13 General requirements for intensive production systems used to keep sheep
A person in charge of sheep kept in an intensive production system must ensure— reasonable steps are taken to provide for the needs of sheep that are not adapting to the intensive production system; and changing a sheep’s diet faeces and urine is not allowed to accumulate within the intensive production system to the extent the accumulation poses a risk to the welfare of the sheep; and there is adequate ventilation in the indoor areas used to keep the sheep so as to prevent risks to the welfare of the sheep; and each sheep has sufficient space to lie down on the sheep’s sternum; and individual sheep are not kept isolated in a single pen on a permanent basis.
- (a) reasonable steps are taken to provide for the needs of sheep that are not adapting to the intensive production system; and Example of a reasonable step— changing a sheep’s diet
- (b) faeces and urine is not allowed to accumulate within the intensive production system to the extent the accumulation poses a risk to the welfare of the sheep; and
- (c) there is adequate ventilation in the indoor areas used to keep the sheep so as to prevent risks to the welfare of the sheep; and
- (d) each sheep has sufficient space to lie down on the sheep’s sternum; and
- (e) individual sheep are not kept isolated in a single pen on a permanent basis.