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{{Infobox UK legislation
|short_title          = Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953
|type                 = Act
|parliament           = Parliament of the United Kingdom
|long_title           = An Act to provide for the punishment of persons whose dogs worry livestock on agricultural land; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid.
|year                 = 1953
|citation             = [[1 & 2 Eliz. 2]]. c. 28
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|royal_assent         = 14 July 1953
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|status               = amended
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The '''Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953''' ([[1 & 2 Eliz. 2]]. c. 28) is a [[Great Britain|British]] Act devised to protect [[livestock]] from [[dog]]s. The Act outlines punishment of dog owners whose dogs worry livestock on [[agricultural land]]. Protected livestock is defined as [[cattle]], [[sheep]], [[goats]], [[swine]], [[horse]]s and domestic [[poultry]]. [[Game bird]]s are specifically excluded.<ref name='OPSI'>{{cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukpga/1953/cukpga_19530028_en_1 |title=Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 |accessdate=2009-01-08 |year=1999 |website=Office of Public Sector Information }}</ref><ref name='defra'>{{cite web|url=http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/welfare/domestic/dogs.htm |title=Animal welfare: The Control of Dogs |accessdate=2009-01-08 |date=2005-07-12 |publisher=Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (defra) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224040524/http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/welfare/domestic/dogs.htm |archivedate=2008-12-24 }}</ref>
==Potential repeal in 2021==
The proposed [[Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill]] would have repealed this act.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0013/21013.pdf|title=Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill|date=8 June 2021|publisher=Parliament.uk|page=54|language=English|access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lawscot.org.uk/news-and-events/legal-news/dogs-livestock-worrying-bill-goes-out-to-views/|title=Dogs livestock-worrying bill goes out to views|date=26 June 2020|work=Law Society Scotland|access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Dogs Act]]
==References==
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==External links==
*{{UK-LEG|title=Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953|type=ukpga|path=ukpga/1953/28}}
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[[Category:Dog law in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1953]]
[[Category:Animal welfare and rights legislation in the United Kingdom]]
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