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CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT 1876 - SECT 5

Special restrictions on painful experiments on dogs, cats, &c.

5. Notwithstanding anything in this Act contained, an experiment calculated to
give pain shall not be performed without an'sthetics on a dog or cat, except
on such certificate being given as in this Act mentioned, stating, in addition
to the statements herein-before required to be made in such certificate that
for reasons specified in the certificate the object of the experiment will be
necessarily frustrated unless it is performed on an animal similar in
constitution and habits to a cat or dog, and no other animal is available for
such experiment; and an experiment calculated to give pain shall not be
performed on any horse, ass, or mule except on such certificate being given as
in this Act mentioned that the object of the experiment will be necessarily
frustrated unless it is performed on a horse, ass, or mule, and that no other
animal is available for such experiment.

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