Western Australian Current Acts

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 2002 - SECT 27

27 .         Defence — releasing animals into the wild

                It is a defence to a charge under section 19(1) committed in circumstances described in section 19(3)(f) for a person to prove that —

            (a)         the animal is fauna; and

            (b)         the act alleged to constitute the offence does not involve anything more than releasing the animal into the wild; and

            (c)         the release occurred in circumstances in which it was reasonable to expect the animal to be able to fend for itself.