1998 Florida Code
TITLE XLVI CRIMES
Chapter 828 Animals: Cruelty; Sales; Animal Enterprise Protection
828.24 Prohibited acts; exemption.
828.24 Prohibited acts; exemption.--
(1) No slaughterer, packer, or stockyard operator shall shackle, hoist, or otherwise bring livestock into position for slaughter, by any method which shall cause injury or pain.
(2) No slaughterer, packer, or stockyard operator shall bleed or slaughter any livestock except by a humane method.
(3) This act shall not apply to any person, firm or corporation slaughtering or processing for sale within the state not more than 20 head of cattle nor more than 35 head of hogs per week.
History.--s. 1, ch. 61-254; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 241, ch. 77-104.
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