BWA- UB - ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
ANIMAL PRODUCTION
Botswana / Animal production
ANIMAL WELFARE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
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Section 3:
Any person who-
(a) cruelly beats, kicks, ill-treats, over-drives, over-rides, over-loads, or tortures any animal or causes any animal to be so used, or drives or uses any animal which is so diseased, or so injured, or in such a physical condition that it is unfit to do any work, or wantonly or unreasonably does or omits to do any act, or causes or procures the commission or omission of any act, causes any unnecessary suffering, or, being the owner, permits in any manner aforesaid, any unnecessary suffering to be caused to any animal;
(b) conveys or carries, or causes or procures, or being the owner permits, to be conveyed or carried, any animal in such a manner or position as to cause that animal any
unnecessary suffering;
(c) causes, procures or assists at the fighting of any animal or keeps, uses, manages, or acts or assists in the management of any premises or place used for the purpose or partly for the purpose of fighting any animal, or permits any premises or place so to be used, kept or managed, or receives, or causes or procures, any person to receive money for the admission of any person to such premises or place;
(d) without reasonable cause or excuse, administers, or causes or procures, or being the owner permits such administration of, any poisonous or injurious drug or substance to any animal, or, without any reasonable cause or excuse, causes any such substance to be taken by any animal; or
(e) subjects, or causes or procures, or being the owner permits to be subjected, any animal to any operation which is performed without due care and humanity,
shall be guilty of an offence and be liable to a fine not exceeding P50 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.
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Section 8 (extract):
(1) If a police officer finds any animal so diseased or so severely injured or in such a physical condition that in his opinion it ought to be destroyed, he shall, if the owner be absent or refuses to consent to the destruction of the animal, at once summon a veterinary surgeon, if any veterinary surgeon is within reasonable distance, or two responsible persons, and if such veterinary surgeon, or such responsible persons, after having duly examined such animal, give a certificate that the animal is mortally injured, or so severely injured or so diseased or in such a physical condition that it is cruel to keep it alive it shall be lawful for the police officer without the consent of the owner to slaughter the animal, or cause or procure it to be slaughtered, with such instruments or appliances and with such precautions, and in such manner, as to inflict as little suffering as practicable, and, if the slaughter takes place on any public road, to remove the carcass or cause it to be removed therefrom.
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Section 11:
A police officer may without any search warrant, and at any time upon obtaining permission from the owner, or failing such permission, on obtaining an order from the District Commissioner, enter any premises where animals are kept for the purpose of examining the conditions under which they are so kept.
Section 87 (extract):
The following shall be deemed to be nuisances liable to be dealt with in the manner provided in this Part -
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(f) any stable, cowshed or other building, dwelling or premises or structure used for keeping animals or birds, which is so constructed, situated, used or kept, as to be offensive, or which is injurious or dangerous to health;
Section 88 (extract):
(1) Where a health officer is satisfied of the existence of a nuisance, the health officer shall serve a notice on the author of the nuisance and, where the author of the nuisance cannot be found, the occupier of the building, dwelling or premises on which the nuisance exists or continues, shall require the author of the nuisance to remove it within the time specified in the notice, and to execute such work and do such things as may be
necessary for that purpose, and where the health officer considers it necessary, specifying any work to be executed to prevent a recurrence of the nuisance.
Bye -law 3 (extract):
(1) The Council may prohibit the use for keeping of livestock of any stable which in the opinion of the Council is unfit, undesirable or objectionable by reason of its locality, construction, condition or manner of use.
Bye-law 5 (extract):
(1) Where the Council is of the opinion that any stable ought not to be used for the keeping of livestock by reason of its situation, construction, condition or the habitual manner of its use, the Council may, by notice in writing served on the owner or occupier of the stable, prohibit such use until such time as the notice is cancelled by the Council in writing.
Bye-law 3:
The Council may prohibit the use, for the keeping of livestock, of any stable which in the opinion of the Council is unfit, undesirable or objectionable by reason of its locality, construction, condition or manner of use.
Bye-law 3 (extract):
( 1) The Council may prohibit the use of any stable, for the purpose of keeping livestock or other animals, which, in the opinion of the Council is
unfit, undesirable or objectionable by reason of its locality, construction, or the manner of use of such stable.
Bye-law 5 (extract):
(1) Where the Council is of the opinion that any stable is unsuitable for keeping livestock by reason of its situation, construction, condition or the habitual manner of its use, the Council may, by notice in writing served on the owner or occupier of the stable, prohibit such use until such time as the notice is cancelled by the Council in writing.
Bye-law 5 (extract):
(1) The Council may prohibit the keeping of livestock or other animal in any stable which, in the opinion of the Council, is unfit, undesirable or objectionable by reason of its locality, construction or the manner of use of such stable.
Bye-law 3:
The Council may prohibit the use, for the keeping of livestock, of any stable which in the opinion of the Council is unfit, undesirable and objectionable by reason of its locality, construction, condition or manner of use.
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Section 11:
A police officer may without any search warrant, and at any time upon obtaining permission from the owner, or failing such permission, on obtaining an order from the District Commissioner, enter any premises where animals are kept for the purpose of examining the conditions under which they are so kept.
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Section 9 (extract):
(1) A person who wishes to be registered as a veterinary surgeon shall apply to the Registrar.
(2) The application referred to in subsection (1) shall be in the prescribed form, (or a form approved for the purpose by the Council), and shall be accompanied by-
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(b) proof of academic qualification , in the form of a degree, diploma, certificate or any other document, or a copy thereof certified by or on behalf of the university or institution which granted or issued the original thereof, that the applicant possesses the requisite qualifications for registration as a veterinary surgeon;
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(d) written evidence, satisfactory to the Council, that the applicant is a person of good character and repute and a fit and proper person to be registered as a veterinary surgeon, from the-
(i) where the applicant is a non-citizen, an equivalent body of the applicant's country of origin, or
(ii) veterinary school from which the applicant obtained qualifications referred to under section 9(2)(b); and
(e) the names and addresses of three referees who must have known the applicant for at least two years