Development of Legislation

Question 1

1634 - An act against ploughing by the taile and pulling wooll off living sheepe

Answer 1

• Parliament of Ireland
• Fines and imprisonment

Question 2

Early animal welfare legislation

Answer 2

1781 - Cattle driving act
1822 - Outlaw bear baiting, cock-fighting, badger baiting
1827 - Malicious injuries to property
1835 - Cruelty to Animals act (cattle, domestic animal, baiting/fighting)
1849 - Cruelty to animals act (not cruelty beat, ill-treat, over-drive, abuse or torture any animal, and no fighting/baiting)

Question 3

What did Richard Martin do?

Answer 3

1822 - Cruelty to cattle act
1825 - Cruelty against any domesticated animal w/ power of arrest
1825 - Increased penalties for 1822
1826 - Cruelty to dogs

Question 4

What happened at the British Medical association Meeting, Norwich, 1874?

Answer 4

Thomas Joliffe Tufnell (RSCI) cut free dogs, Eugene Magnan = epilepsy in dogs w/ absinthe

Question 5

Use of animals for scientific purposes?

Answer 5

UK - report of royal commission… 1875, cruelty to animals act 1876, Animals Scientific Procedures Act 1986

Question 6

What does the cruelty to animals act 1876 state?

Answer 6

No living experiments except invertebrates, w/ license, anesthesia, etc

Question 7

What modern legislation is in Ireland?

Answer 7

1. EU Convention ET123 (1986)
2. Directive 86/609/EEC
   => SI 17 of 1994 and SI 566 of 2002 (amend cruelty to animals act 1876)
3. Directive 2010/63/EU
   => SI543 of 2012***

Question 8

What does Directive 2010/63/EU state?

Answer 8

Aim to replace, reduce, refine
1. List species that must be bred for use
2. Non-human primates
3. Care and accommodation
4. Methods of killing
5. Training of personnel
6. Project authorizations
7. EU reference laboratory
8. Severity classification of procedures

Question 9

What does SI 543 of 2012 do?

Answer 9

1. Protects animals
2. Regulates procedures
3. Establishes project, individual and establishment authorization
4. Lists specific people involved
5. Outlines responsibilities
6. Defines AWB

Question 10

What is an animal?

Answer 10

Any non-human vertebrate animal (independently feeding larva, 2/3 developed mammal, earlier development allowed to live, cephalopod)

Question 11

What are the differences between ASPA 1986 and 2010/63/EU?

Answer 11

UK
1. Protects mammal, bird, or reptile 2/3 developed and if it’d survive
2. Governed by secretary of state VS HPRA
3. Licensing of undertakings, personal and project license vs EA, IA and PA
4. Named veterinary surgeon cs DV