C-61.1, r. 5 - Regulation respecting animals in captivity

Section 10 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

10. Anyone who keeps peccaries or boars in captivity without a licence shall erect and maintain an enclosure surrounded by a fence at least 1.8 m above ground level made of

(1)  steel chain links of minimum 13 gauge, 1.24 m high including 30 cm in the ground; the 86 additional centimetres may be made of game fence; or

(2)  steel chain links of minimum 13 gauge, from 92 cm to 1.24 m high and the 88 or 56 additional centimetres may be made of game fence; that enclosure must be fitted on the inside with an electric wire running between 15 and 45 cm above ground level situated 30 cm from the fence, and the minimum voltage in the wire must be 10 joules.

Furthermore, the perimeter fence of the enclosure must have no trap or barrier to capture animals outside the enclosure; in addition, the gates of the perimeter fence must remain closed, even in the absence of animals.

O.C. 1238-2002, s. 10; O.C. 802-2010, s. 5.