B-3.1 - Animal Welfare and Safety Act

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12. When an animal is to be slaughtered or euthanized, its owner or custodian or the person who is to perform the act must ensure that the circumstances and the method used are not cruel and cause the animal a minimum of pain and anxiety. The method used must result in rapid loss of sensibility, followed by a quick death. The method must ensure that the animal does not regain sensibility before its death.
Immediately after slaughtering or euthanizing the animal, the person who performed the act must ascertain the absence of vital signs.
2015, c. 35, s. 7.