Manual of Animal Use and Care
The aim of this project supported by the SA Veterinary Foundation is to collate, draw up, and
publish sets of codes and to incorporate this information into a Manual of
Animal Care and Use for use by interested parties. This includes the
following:
- Supplying of information to the National Department of Agriculture
for the revision of legislation. (See attached file :
Animal Care Legislation Review (288kb).
The following 2 laws are to
be amalgamated and updated in the near future:
- Animal Protection Act (Act 71 of 1962)
- Performing Animal Protection Act (Act 24 of 1935
- Drafting of a "Code of Practice" for all aspects of animal care and
use. The information will be supplied to the various groups of the South
African Veterinary Association and other concerned parties. On
completion this information will be supplied as a CD free of charge to
all Southern African veterinarians (South Africa and surrounding
countries)
- Compilation of a "Manual of Procedures" for veterinarians. This will
be available on the web site as well as being supplied free of charge in
printed format and CD to the above veterinarians
- Compile a list of definitions for animal use in legislation
- Obtain sponsors for this project
Sponsors Code.doc (777kb)
