Any person who works any animal in such a condition as to be unfit for work, whether from lameness or from emaciation or from any gall or sore or otherwise, and whether that condition is caused by disease or deficient feeding or otherwise, in any cart, plough, or carriage, or other vehicle of pleasure or burden, is liable to a fine of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000TT) and to imprisonment for a term of one year."Īdditionally, section 81 of the Act gives police or the owner of the animal, the power to arrest persons for such cruelty to animals. Working an animal that is unfit for work is also illegal in T&TĪccording to the Summary Offences Act (as amended by Act No. (3) An animal used in drawing a vehicle shall be deemed to be ill-treated if, by reason of the condition of the vehicle or harness used, or of the nature and condition of the road travelled over, or other cause, the animal, in the opinion of the Magistrate, has been made to suffer unnecessary strain or pain or has been overworked." (2) An animal shall be deemed to be overloaded if it is made to carry a burden or draw a load which is beyond its strength, or after it is exhausted, or if by reason of the size, strength, or condition of the animal or of any other circumstances the Magistrate is of opinion that the burden or load is unduly heavy. (1) Any person who cruelly beats, ill-treats, starves, overdrives, overrides, overloads, abuses, tortures, or otherwise maltreats any animal is liable to a fine of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000TT) and to imprisonment for a term of one year.
According to the Summary Offences Act (as amended by Act No.
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