Chapter 3, Mishna 1, 2

Is a small bird clawed by a hawk a treifah?
Does it matter what kind of bird of prey clawed the bird?
Can a non-kosher bird render another bird treifah through clawing?
Can a fox’s claws be sharp enough to render kosher animal a treifah?
Can a dog render kosher animal a treifah? Can a cat?
What is considered clawing?
Does savaging with the tooth render kosher animal a treifah?
Does it matter if clawing was intentional or unintentional?
What is relevance of clawing after death?
What is relevance of being torn from field?
If lion is among oxen, leaves, and an ox is found with lion claw in back, is that evidence ox was clawed by lion?
If there’s not enough evidence to render ox a treifah because it was clawed, is it considered kosher or treifah?
Do we rule stringently even though owner will sustain a loss because it’s a Torah law not to eat animal torn from the field?
What is relevance of claw being moist or dry?
When should one be concerned in case of uncertainty?
If it’s uncertain if predator did or didn’t enter pen/coop?
What if it’s certain that an animal came in but it’s not clear what kind?
Why did people from Shmuel’s town go to Rav for ruling rather than Shmuel?
Should one wait a year to see if an animal is a treifah or not?
Why strangle birds and throw them into river?
What is the inspection of clawed animal one should be concerned about?
When does clawed animal require inspection adjacent to intestines?
Is there clawing re: the simanim?
If clawing or reddening is in animal’s leg, is it a treifah?
In case of clawed animal, if part next to intestines are red is it a treifah?
If gullet is perforated in any amount, is animal a treifah?
What about perforation of windpipe?
According to whom and when must animal’s entire body be inspected?
What if animal’s windpipe is dislocated from throat and it was already slaughtered? Is it kosher?
Can living animal with dislocated windpipe be slaughtered and remain kosher?
What principle covers additional wounds that we didn’t cover in specific wounds?
What if animal is injured in sciatic nerve?
What about animal was shot with arrow in kidney and doesn’t die and then is slaughtered?
Is an animal a treifah if it can be healed?
What are wounds that don’t render an animal a treifah?

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