‘causing unnecessary suffering’ under the Act means doing something which it is not reasonably necessary to do and which is not justified.
Citations:
[1925] 2 KB 794
Statutes:
Protection of Animals Act 1911 1
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Applied – Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals, Regina (on the Application Of) v Shinton Admn 30-Jun-2003
The defendant was licensed to set Larson traps to catch magpies. The traps worked by keeping a magpie as a decoy to attract others. The evidence was that the trapped magpie suffered distress and injury because the trap was so small as not to allow . .
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Animals
Updated: 29 April 2022; Ref: scu.185836
