Animal Care and Protection Regulation 2023
sch.4-sec.4Dehorning cattle
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sch.4-sec.4 Dehorning cattle
A person may dehorn cattle only if— the dehorning is done in a way that avoids unnecessary pain and suffering to the cattle; and appropriate tools and methods are used to dehorn the cattle; and suitable pain relief is administered to the cattle. However, subsection (1) (c) does not apply if— the cattle is less than 6 months of age; or the cattle is less than 12 months of age and the dehorning happens the first time the cattle is placed into a cattle yard. (sch.4-sec.4-ssec.1) A person may dehorn cattle only if— the dehorning is done in a way that avoids unnecessary pain and suffering to the cattle; and appropriate tools and methods are used to dehorn the cattle; and suitable pain relief is administered to the cattle. (sch.4-sec.4-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) (c) does not apply if— the cattle is less than 6 months of age; or the cattle is less than 12 months of age and the dehorning happens the first time the cattle is placed into a cattle yard.
- (a) the dehorning is done in a way that avoids unnecessary pain and suffering to the cattle; and
- (b) appropriate tools and methods are used to dehorn the cattle; and
- (c) suitable pain relief is administered to the cattle.
- (a) the cattle is less than 6 months of age; or
- (b) the cattle is less than 12 months of age and the dehorning happens the first time the cattle is placed into a cattle yard.