Paragraph 7 Condition 7: Responsibility of the operator to promote the welfare of licensed animals

England and Wales

(1)

The operator must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the needs of a licensed animal are met to the extent required by good practice.

(2)

For the purposes of this Condition, a licensed animal’s needs shall be taken to include—

(a)

its need for a suitable environment;

(b)

its need for a suitable diet;

(c)

its need to be able to exhibit normal patterns of behaviour;

(d)

any need it has to be housed with, or apart from, other animals; and

(e)

its need to be protected from pain, suffering, injury and disease.