Western Australian Current Acts

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 2002 - SECT 85

85 .         Death of animal not sufficient to prove cruelty

                Where a person is charged with an offence under Part 3 the fact that the person killed the animal, or did something that contributed to the death of the animal —

            (a)         must be taken into consideration by the court; but

            (b)         is not sufficient, on its own, to prove that the person committed the offence.