SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULEExcepted Operations
1
Any experiment duly authorised under the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876.
2
The rendering in emergency of first aid for the purpose of saving life or relieving pain.
3
The docking of the tail of a dog before its eyes are open.
4
The amputation of the dew claws of a dog before its eyes are open.
5
The castration of any male dog before it has reached the age of three months or of any male cat before it has reached the age of six months.
6
The castration of a male animal specified in the following table before it has reached the age so specified, that is to say—
horse | twelve months. |
ass or mule | twelve months. |
bull | twelve months. |
Sheep | twelve months. |
goat | three months. |
Pig | seven months. |
7
Any minor operation performed by a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner, being an operation which, by reason of its quickness or painlessness, is customarily so performed without the use of an anaesthetic.
8
Any minor operation, whether performed by a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner or by some other person, being an operation which is not customarily performed only by such a surgeon or practitioner.