C-61.1, r. 20.1 - Regulation respecting licences to keep animals in captivity

Section 36 Disposition versions

2013-12-12

36. The holder of a licence provided for in section 32 must

(1)  maintain a register of commercial transactions and enter therein, for each animal,

(a)  its scientific name;

(b)  the nature and, in the case of the holder of an animal trainer’s licence, duration of the activity;

(c)  the name and address of the parties involved in each transaction and each transaction date; and

(d)  the number of animals that were born or died;

(2)  if the licence holder holds a by-product collector’s licence and keeps white-tailed deer or moose, identify them in accordance with section 56 of the Regulation respecting animals in captivity (chapter C-61.1, r. 5);

(3)  allow a wildlife protection officer or a person accompanying the officer to take samples from the animals kept in captivity or from the premises on which they are kept;

(4)  submit to the Minister, on or before 31 January of each year, a copy of the register referred to in paragraph 1 or a report containing the same information;

(5)  except in the case of animals kept by the holder of a by-product collector’s licence, post the following information on each cage or enclosure in such a manner that it is visible from the outside:

(a)  the animal owner’s name and address;

(b)  the number of the related licence to keep animals;

(c)  the name of the animal species and the number of animals;

(d)  in the case of the holder of an animal broker’s licence, the origin of each animal and the date on which it was received; and

(e)  in the case of the holder of an animal broker’s licence, the destination of each animal and the anticipated shipment date;

(6)  build and maintain every shelter, cage, or enclosure in accordance with the plans and specifications referred to in paragraph 4 of section 33;

(7)  notify without delay a wildlife protection officer upon discovering that an animal has escaped from the enclosure or cage where it was kept; and

(8)  in the case of the holder of a by-product collector’s licence who keeps cervidae, boars or peccaries in captivity, maintain an enclosure complying with the provisions of section 53 of the Regulation respecting animals in captivity.

M.O. 2013-10-17, s. 4.