SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Standard Methods of Humane Killing
method | Animals for which appropriate |
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A. Animals other than foetal, larval and embryonic forms | |
1. Overdose of anaesthetic suitable for the species— | |
(i) by injection | (i) All animals. |
(ii) by inhalation | (ii) All animals up to 1 kg bodyweight except reptiles, diving birds and diving mammals. |
(iii) by immersion. | (iii) Fishes Amphibia up to 250 g bodyweight. |
(Followed by destruction of the brain in cold-blooded vertebrates and by exsanguination or by dislocation of theneck in warm blooded vertebrates except where rigor mortis has been confirmed). | |
2. Dislocation of the neck. (Followed by destruction of the brain in fishes). | Rodents up to 500g bodyweight other than guinea-pigs. |
Guinea-pigs and lagomorphs up to 1 kg bodyweight. | |
Birds up to 3 kg bodyweight. | |
Fishes up to 250g bodyweight. | |
3. Concussion by striking the back of the head. (Followed by exsanguination or dislocation of the neck in rodents and birds and destruction of the brain in fishes). | Rodents up to 1 kg bodyweight. |
Birds up to 250 g bodyweight. | |
Fishes. | |
4. Decapitation followed by destruction of the brain. | Cold-blooded vertebrates. |
5. Exposure to carbon dioxide in a rising concentration using a suitable technique followed byexsanguination or by dislocation of the neck except where rigor mortis has been confirmed. | Rodents over 10 days of age up to 1 1/2 kg bodyweight. |
Birds over 1 week of age up to 3 kg bodyweight. | |
B. Foetal, larval and embryonic forms | |
1. Overdose of anaesthetic suitable for the species— | |
(i) by injection | (i) All animals. |
(ii) by immersion. | (ii) Fishes Amphibia. |
2. Decapitation. | Mammals. |