S.L. 437.107 Art. 20Keeping of swine as pets. Cap. 439.

Swine may be kept as a pet on the following conditions:

(a) the intended keeper is to be approved as such after applying for a licence to keep swine as a pet in terms of these rules;

(b) swine shall be identifiable by a microchip inserted beneath the skin of the left ear by a warranted veterinarian;

(c) on payment of the prescribed fee, a licence shall be issued by the Director provided that all provisions of these rules have been complied with;

(d) there may be no more than two swine on one site and no more than one swine shall be kept per person;

(e) swine are only to be moved from approved sites with the prior approval of the Director except for emergency veterinary visits which are to be confirmed as such in writing by the veterinarian attending to the swine kept as a pet;

(f) male swine shall be rendered surgically sterile through castration;

(g) breeding of swine by keepers is prohibited;

(h) persons applying for a licence in terms of these rules shall be eighteen years old or over and able to take charge of a swine kept as a pet. Any person convicted of offences against the Animal Welfare Act shall be forbidden from keeping a swine or applying for a keeper licence;

(i) the Director shall be notified within seven days from when any licensed swine kept as a pet dies;

(j) the Director shall be notified within forty-eight hours by a keeper in the case of the loss of a licensed swine kept as a pet through an appropriate means of notification as may be stipulated by the Director from time to time;

(k) carcasses of swine kept as pets shall never enter the food-chain or otherwise be used for human or animal consumption. The said carcasses are to be disposed of in terms of the Animal By-Products Regulation (Regulation No. EC 1069/2009).