Desexing adult rabbit
13 Desexing adult rabbit
This section applies to an exhibited animal authority for an authorised animal that is an adult rabbit.
It is a condition of the authority that the authority holder must—
ensure the rabbit is desexed and obtain a signed certificate from a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner stating the rabbit has been desexed; or
obtain a signed certificate from a veterinary surgeon stating that desexing the rabbit would pose a serious risk to its health.
The authority holder must comply with subsection (2)—
if the holder obtains the rabbit as an adult rabbit—as soon as practicable after obtaining the rabbit; or
otherwise—no later than when the rabbit is 6 months old.
In this section—
adult rabbit means a rabbit that is at least 6 months old.
desex, for a rabbit, means to surgically remove the rabbit’s gonads to make it permanently incapable of reproducing.
veterinary practitioner see the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1936, schedule.
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