Schedule 9 OTHER SPECIES: REQUIREMENTS WHEN CARRYING OUT CERTAIN PERMITTED PROCEDURES

When carried out on an animal other than one dealt with in any of Schedules 2 to 8, a procedure listed below must be carried out in accordance with the condition or conditions specified for that procedure.

1. 1.

   Ear tipping of feral cats

   An anaesthetic must be administered.

2. 2.

   Castration

   An anaesthetic must be administered.

3. 3.

   Embryo collection or transfer by a surgical method

   The procedure may only be carried out as part of a conservation breeding programme.

   An anaesthetic must be administered.

4. 4.

   Implantation of a subcutaneous contraceptive

   The procedure may not be carried out on a farmed animal.

   The procedure may only be carried out as part of a conservation breeding programme.

5. 5.

   Ovum transplantation, including ovum collection, by a surgical method

   The procedure may only be carried out as part of a conservation breeding programme.

   An anaesthetic must be administered.

6. 6.

   Spaying

   An anaesthetic must be administered.

7. 7.

   Vasectomy

   An anaesthetic must be administered.

8. 8.

   Laparoscopy

   Where the animal on which the procedure is to be performed is not a reptile, the procedure may only be carried out as part of a conservation breeding programme.

   In either case, an anaesthetic must be administered.

9. 9.

   Removal of the dew claws of dogs

   An anaesthetic must be administered except where the dog is a puppy whose eyes have not yet opened.

10. 10.

    Removal of fish scales

    The procedure may only be carried out for the purposes of age determination.