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1. Only a veterinarian or another competent person shall kill a pet animal except in an emergency to terminate an animal's suffering when veterinary or other competent assistance cannot be quickly obtained or in any other emergency covered by national legislation. All killing shall be done with the minimum of physical and mental suffering appropriate to the circumstances. The method chosen, except in an emergency, shall either:
a. cause immediate loss of consciousness and death, or
b. begin with the induction of deep general anaesthesia to be followed by a step which will ultimately and certainly cause death.
The person responsible for the killing shall make sure that the animal is dead before the carcass is disposed of.
2. The following methods of killing shall be prohibited:
a. drowning and other methods of suffocation if they do not produce the effects required in subparagraph 1.b;
b. the use of any poisonous substance or drug, the dose and application of which cannot be controlled so as to give the effect mentioned in paragraph 1;
c. electrocution unless preceded by immediate induction of loss of consciousness.