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Animal Protection Act 2018
23EAbandoning animal
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23E Abandoning animal (1) A person in control of an animal commits an offence of strict liability if the person abandons the animal. (2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if the defendant releases a native animal into the wild after the rehabilitation of the animal.