Division 1.8 It shall be prohibited to:
United Kingdom
- (a)
strike or kick the animals;
- (b)
apply pressure to any particularly sensitive part of the body in such a way as to cause animals avoidable pain or suffering;
- (c)
lift or drag the animals by the head, ears, horns, legs, tail or fleece, or handle them in such a way as to cause them pain or suffering;
however, the prohibition on lifting animals by their legs shall not apply to poultry, rabbits and hares;
- (d)
use prods or other implements with pointed ends;
- (e)
twist, crush or break the tails of animals or grasp the eyes of any animal.