CHAPTER IIPROVISIONS ON THE USE OF CERTAIN ANIMALS IN PROCEDURES

Article 11Stray and feral animals of domestic species

1

Stray and feral animals of domestic species shall not be used in procedures.

2

The competent authorities may only grant exemptions from paragraph 1 subject to the following conditions:

a

there is an essential need for studies concerning the health and welfare of the animals or serious threats to the environment or to human or animal health; and

b

there is scientific justification to the effect that the purpose of the procedure can be achieved only by the use of a stray or a feral animal.