Animal Cruelty Awareness
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Laws and Legislature
The United Sates put the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) into effect in 1996. The AWA, enforced by the Animal Care Division of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), contains provisions to ensure that species used in research receive a certain standard of care as long as the form of care doesn’t interfere with the parameters of the experiment taking place. The Farm Security Act of 2002, however, excludes purpose bred animals such as certain birds, rats, and mice. Therefore, few animals used in research are covered by this legislation. There are many other important acts and legislation that also protect animals’ rights. Many conservation acts have been put in place to help save endangered and threatened species.
In regards to the slaughter of animals, the following act has been instituted to ensure that all methods are humane:
HUMANE SLAUGHTER ACT, 7. U.S.C. 1901-1906
The central provision of the Humane Slaughter Act (HSA) reads:
No method of slaughter or handling in connection with slaughtering shall be deemed to comply with the public policy of the United States unless it is humane. Either of the following two methods of slaughtering and handling are hereby found to be humane:
(a) in the case of cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine, and other livestock, all animals are rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or an electrical, chemical or other means that is rapid and effective, before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut; or
(b) by slaughtering in accordance with the ritual requirements of the Jewish faith or any other religious faith that prescribes a method of slaughter whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous and instantaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument and handling in connection with such slaughtering.
The Humane Society of the United States. 21 Apr. 2009
http://www.hsus.org/web-files/PDF/legislation/CRS-07-animal-protection-fed-statutes.pdf
In regards to the slaughter of animals, the following act has been instituted to ensure that all methods are humane:
HUMANE SLAUGHTER ACT, 7. U.S.C. 1901-1906
The central provision of the Humane Slaughter Act (HSA) reads:
No method of slaughter or handling in connection with slaughtering shall be deemed to comply with the public policy of the United States unless it is humane. Either of the following two methods of slaughtering and handling are hereby found to be humane:
(a) in the case of cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine, and other livestock, all animals are rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or an electrical, chemical or other means that is rapid and effective, before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut; or
(b) by slaughtering in accordance with the ritual requirements of the Jewish faith or any other religious faith that prescribes a method of slaughter whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous and instantaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument and handling in connection with such slaughtering.
The Humane Society of the United States. 21 Apr. 2009
http://www.hsus.org/web-files/PDF/legislation/CRS-07-animal-protection-fed-statutes.pdf
posted by Alex Stafford at 6:21 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home