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• Also check your local Municipal Bylaws.
• No bylaws on a farm limiting animal numbers specially dogs or cats.
• Whenever SPCA remove animals on a cruelty claim, they must lay a formal animal cruelty charge.
• This must be given to you within 24 hours of the SPCA taking your animals.
• So make sure you record the date and time of them coming to your premises and what documents that are supplied.
Animal Protection Laws in South Africa
https://www.gov.za/documents/animals-protection-act-22-jun-1963-0000
A71-1962 : APA “Animal Protections Act” To consolidate and amend the laws relating to the prevention of cruelty to animals
Notice 468 of 14 March 1986 – Regulations relating to the seizure of animals by an officer of a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals
NSPCA Guide to Animal Protection Legislation (SAPS Guide)
A169-1993 : Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1993
A7-1972 : Animals Protection Amendment Act, 1972
A7-1991 : Protection of Animals Amendment Act, 1991
A20-1985 : Animals Protection Amendment Act, 1985
A42-1993 : Animal Matters Amendment Act, 1993
A54-1983 : Animals Protection Amendment Act, 1983
A84-1985 : Animals Protection Second Amendment Act, 1985
A10-3-1935 : Performing Animals Protection Act 24 of 1935
The Constitution (See Section 24)
A33-97 : Abolition of Corporal Punishment Act, 1997
A72-98 : Agricultural Laws Rationalism Act, 1998
A102-1972 : General Law Amendment Act, 1972
A107-1998 : National Environmental Management Act, 1988
A10-2004 : National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act, 2004
Paia Manual March 2022
Policy on Euthanasia
2021 What does an inspector do