Health of Animals Regulations

140 (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (6), no person shall load, confine or transport a compromised animal in or unload a compromised animal from a conveyance or container, or cause one to be so loaded, confined, transported or unloaded, unless

• (a) it is isolated;

• (b) it is individually loaded and unloaded without having to negotiate any ramps inside the conveyance;

• (c) measures are taken that are necessary to prevent the animal’s suffering, injury or death during loading, confinement, transport and unloading; and

• (d) it is transported directly to the nearest place, other than an assembly centre, where it can receive care or be humanely killed.

(2) Paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) do not apply to rabbits and poultry, other than ratites, that are confined in containers.

(3) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to a compromised animal that is confined and transported with one other animal with which it is familiar if to do so is unlikely to cause either animal suffering, injury or death and if they are segregated from other animals.

(4) Despite paragraph (1)(d), a compromised animal may be transported directly to an assembly centre where it can receive care or be humanely killed if the animal has been seized and detained under a provincial or federal Act.

(5) Every person who confines or transports an animal that becomes compromised during confinement or transport in a container or conveyance, other than a vessel, shall take reasonable measures as soon as possible to prevent the animal’s unnecessary suffering, injury or death and, as soon as possible,

• (a) transport the animal directly to the nearest place where it can receive care or be humanely killed; or

• (b) if the animal is not transported to the nearest place, humanely kill the animal in the conveyance.

(6) If an animal becomes compromised during confinement or transport while on board a vessel, the vessel master or a veterinarian shall, as soon as possible,

• (a) take reasonable measures to prevent the animal’s unnecessary suffering, injury or death or cause such reasonable measures to be taken by a person on board the vessel who is trained to provide care to the animals and provide care to the animal or cause care to be provided to the animal by a person on board the vessel who is trained to provide care to the animals; or

• (b) if reasonable measures are not taken and care is not provided, cause the animal to be humanely killed by a person on board the vessel who is trained to use humane killing devices.