S.L. 439.29 Art. 6Animal requirements.  Cap. 437.   S.L. 437.106.

(1) A licence holder in terms of these regulations shall be solely and fully responsible for all the animals kept in a zoo and for any matter relating to the health, safety and welfare of the animals and the health and safety of the general public visiting the zoo.

(2) All those animals which are required to be identified under the Act and the Veterinary Services Act, including all those dangerous animals already present in the zoo shall undergo a method of irreversible means of identification. Such irreversible means of identification of the animals shall be in the form of a tattoo, an intra-capsular device that complies with ISO-standard 11784, or Annex A ISO-standard 11785, and, or a DNA profile, depending on which method is best suited to the animal or any other means that the Director may where necessary, deem appropriate. The Director may require a DNA test from an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory for the species indicated in the Schedule, which shall be at the expense of the licence holder.

(3) The licence holder shall be required to maintain a high standard of animal husbandry with a programme on animal health, nutrition and a welfare programme developed by a veterinary surgeon. The Director may, at his discretion, issue from time to time minimum standards relating to on-site health facilities. These minimum standards shall be published in the Gazette through a Government notice:

Provided that the animal health facility shall operate according to and be in conformity with the provisions of the Private

Veterinary Establishments (Licensing) Regulations.

(4) No person shall deliberately release or attempt to release an animal falling within the scope of these regulations into the environment, or otherwise dispose of any such animal in his possession unless this is duly authorised by the Director.