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

Section 31 Disposition versions

2013-12-12

31. The holder of a breeding and game ranch licence for white-tailed deer must

(1)  comply with the provisions of Division II and Subdivision 2 of Division IX of the Regulation respecting animals in captivity (chapter C-61.1, r. 5) and those of this Subdivision;

(2)  give advance notice to the Minister in writing of any alteration the holder wishes to make to the fence referred to in section 57 of the Regulation respecting animals in captivity or of any change in the location of the premises on which the animals are kept;

(3)  notify without delay a wildlife protection officer upon discovering that an animal has escaped from the enclosure;

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

(5)  submit to the Minister, on or before 31 January of each year, a report containing the following information for the preceding year:

(a)  the number of deer kept in captivity during the year;

(b)  the number of deer born during the year;

(c)  the number of deer that died during the year;

(c.1)  the number of deer purchased or sold during the year;

(d)  the number of deer that escaped and the number of deer recovered, if any, during the year;

(e)  the number of deer killed by the licence holder during the year and the number of deer killed by third persons; and

(f)  the number of deer sent to the slaughterhouse during the year; and

(6)  maintain a register, indicating for each animal

(a)  the tattoo and tag numbers;

(b)  the animal’s sex;

(c)  the year of birth;

(d)  the dates of the various transactions concerning the animal, such as its purchase, sale, donation or delivery to a slaughterhouse, and the name and address of each party to those transactions; and

(e)  the date of death or, as the case may be, the date on which the animal was killed and the name and address of the person who killed it.

A copy of the register referred to in subparagraph 6 of the first paragraph may stand in lieu of the report referred to in subparagraph 5 of that paragraph if it contains the same information.

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