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

Section 23 Disposition versions

2013-12-12

23. (Revoked).

O.C. 1238-2002, s. 23; O.C. 802-2010, s. 12; O.C. 1173-2013, s. 2.

2012-09-01

23. The holder of a zoological garden licence shall

(1)  provide educational activities to enable visitors to learn about the animals kept in captivity and their habitat;

(2)  build and maintain every shelter, cage or enclosure in accordance with the plans and specifications referred to in subparagraph 2 of the second paragraph of section 21;

(3)  keep the animals in buildings, cages, enclosures or shelters designed or built to prevent any animal attack and any transmission of fatal infectious diseases to an animal or a human;

(4)  employ a veterinary surgeon at least 30 hours a week, unless only fish, amphibians or reptiles are kept in captivity; in the latter case, the holder must ensure that their care is supervised by a veterinary surgeon whose contract for services provides for at least 1 visit per month and must employ an animal biological sciences technician or animal health technician;

(5)  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;

(6)  submit to the Minister, on or before 31 January of each year, a report indicating

(a)  the number of animals of each species kept in captivity;

(b)  the origin of the animals acquired during the year;

(c)  the number of animals of each species that were given away, exchanged or loaned and the name and address of each party to the transactions and the transaction dates;

(d)  the number of animals of each species that died or that were killed or sold during the year;

(e)  the educational activities offered to visitors during the year; and

(f)  alterations made to the premises on which the animals are kept in captivity;

(7)  maintain a register of the information referred to in subparagraphs b, c and d of paragraph 6 and enter therein, where applicable, the name and address of each party to the transactions and the transaction dates; and

(8)  notify without delay a wildlife protection officer upon discovering that an animal has escaped from the zoological garden where it was kept.

O.C. 1238-2002, s. 23; O.C. 802-2010, s. 12.