Appropriate Schedule 1 Methods of Humane Killing (from the UK A(SP)A)
| Table A | ||
|---|---|---|
| Methods for animals other than foetal, larval and embryonic forms | Animals for which appropriate | |
| 1 | Overdose of an anaesthetic using a route and an anaesthetic agent appropriate for the size and species of animal | All animals |
| 2 | Exposure to carbon dioxide gas in a rising concentration | Birds and Rodents up to 1.5kg (but not neonatal rodents) |
| 3 | Dislocation of the neck (with the prior use of a sedative or anaesthetic in the case of rodents and rabbits over 150g and birds over 250g) | Rodents up to 500g Rabbits up to 1kg Birds up to 1kg |
| 4 | Concussion of the brain by striking the cranium | Rodents and Rabbits up to 1kg Birds up to 250g Amphibians and reptiles (with destruction of the brain before the return of consciousness) up to 1kg Fishes (with destruction of the brain before the return of consciousness) |
| 5 | One of the recognised methods of slaughter set out below which is appropriate to the animal and is performed by a registered veterinary surgeon, or, in the case of the methods described in paragraph (ii) below, performed by the holder of a current licence granted under the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995 (a) i) Destruction of the brain by free bullet using appropriate rifles, guns and ammunition, or ii) captive bolt or electrical stunning followed by destruction of the brain or exsanguination before return of consciousness | Ungulates |
| Table B | ||
|---|---|---|
| Methods for foetal, larval and embryonic forms | Animals for which appropriate | |
| 1 | Overdose of an anaesthetic using a route and anaesthetic agent appropriate for the size, stage of development and species of animal | All animals |
| 2 | Refrigeration, or disruption of membranes, or maceration in apparatus approved under appropriate slaughter legislation, or exposure to carbon dioxide in near 100% concentration until they are dead | Birds and Reptiles |
| 3 | Cooling of foetuses followed by immersion in cold tissue fixative | Mice, Rats and Rabbits |
| 4 | Decapitation | Mammals and Birds up to 50g |