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C-61.1, r. 5.1 - Regulation respecting animals in captivity

Section 127
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127. No animal kept in captivity may be set free in the wild, except for the following animals:
(1)  an animal that is fit to survive there and whose species or subspecies is listed in Schedule 2;
(2)  a rehabilitated animal;
(2.1)  an animal that is set free as part of a program established under paragraph 2 of section 7 of the Act respecting threatened or vulnerable species (chapter E‑12.01);
(3)  for the purpose of engaging in a hunting activity, one of the following animals:
(a)  a common quail (Coturnix coturnix);
(b)  a Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica);
(c)  a Virginia quail (Colinus virginianus);
(d)  a pheasant (Phasianus spp.);
(e)  a black francolin (Francolinus francolinus);
(f)  a rock partridge (Alectoris graeca);
(g)  a chukar (Alectoris chukar);
(h)  a red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa);
(i)  a rock dove (Columbia livia);
(j)  a helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris).
Section 56 is to be applied if an animal, which may not be set free in the wild, is released.
O.C. 1065-2018, s. 127; O.C. 1102-2022, s. 29.
127. No animal kept in captivity may be set free in the wild, except for the following animals:
(1)  an animal that is fit to survive there and whose species or subspecies is listed in Schedule 2;
(2)  a rehabilitated animal;
(3)  for the purpose of engaging in a hunting activity, one of the following animals:
(a)  a common quail (Coturnix coturnix);
(b)  a Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica);
(c)  a Virginia quail (Colinus virginianus);
(d)  a pheasant (Phasianus spp.);
(e)  a black francolin (Francolinus francolinus);
(f)  a rock partridge (Alectoris graeca);
(g)  a chukar (Alectoris chukar);
(h)  a red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa);
(i)  a rock dove (Columbia livia);
(j)  a helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris).
Section 56 is to be applied if an animal, which may not be set free in the wild, is released.
O.C. 1065-2018, s. 127.
In force: 2018-09-06
127. No animal kept in captivity may be set free in the wild, except for the following animals:
(1)  an animal that is fit to survive there and whose species or subspecies is listed in Schedule 2;
(2)  a rehabilitated animal;
(3)  for the purpose of engaging in a hunting activity, one of the following animals:
(a)  a common quail (Coturnix coturnix);
(b)  a Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica);
(c)  a Virginia quail (Colinus virginianus);
(d)  a pheasant (Phasianus spp.);
(e)  a black francolin (Francolinus francolinus);
(f)  a rock partridge (Alectoris graeca);
(g)  a chukar (Alectoris chukar);
(h)  a red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa);
(i)  a rock dove (Columbia livia);
(j)  a helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris).
Section 56 is to be applied if an animal, which may not be set free in the wild, is released.
O.C. 1065-2018, s. 127.
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