Publications

Animal Protection Act

Description

The Animal Protection Act prohibits a person from causing an animal to be in distress, and prohibits owners and caregivers from allowing an animal to remain in distress. The Act enables peace officers and police officers to remove animals from distressful situations, to respond to situations involving abandoned animals, and to hold animal owners and caregivers to animal care duties defined in the Act. Penalties for contravention of the Act are also documented.

Updated

April 1, 2023

Tags
legislation law

Title and publication information

Frequency

Once

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

King's Printer

Place of Publication

Edmonton

Subject Information

Resource Dates

Date Created

2023-04-01

Date Added

2017-02-01T16:49:29.099218

Date Modified

2023-04-01

Date Issued

2023-04-01

Identifiers

ISBN (print)

9780779842698

Usage / Licence

Contact

Contact Name

Alberta King's Printer

Contact Email

kings-printer@gov.ab.ca

Contact Other

780-427-4952