N.J. Admin. Code § 2:8-8.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 2:8-8.2 - Identification and prohibition of cruel or inhumane treatment

(a) The cruel or inhumane treatment of domestic livestock is prohibited.

(b) Any owner or person who owns or controls a facility or property that houses domestic livestock, or who has custody of, direction over or authority to control domestic livestock, who fails to provide care for or to treat such domestic livestock in a manner that meets the standards for the humane keeping, care, treatment, marketing and sale of domestic livestock as established in N.J.A.C. 2:8-2 through 7, shall be deemed to be cruel and inhumane in the care of these animals, except when experiencing extraordinary or catastrophic conditions, or as otherwise provided by these rules.

(c) There shall be a presumption that the raising, keeping, care, treatment, marketing, and sale of domestic livestock in accordance with the standards adopted at N.J.A.C. 2:8-2 through 7 does not constitute cruelty to, or inhumane care or treatment of, domestic livestock, as prohibited by N.J.S.A. 4:22-15 et seq.

(d) Nothing in these rules shall prohibit the slaughter of domestic livestock in accordance with 9 C.F.R. § 313.

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