Fur Farm Regulation (B.C. Reg. 310/59)

1.01 Definitions Division 2 — Licensing

2.01 Animals subject to Act

2.02 Written approval Division 3 — Records

3.01 Record book Division 4 — Control of Disease

4.01 Health of animals

4.02 Food and water

4.03 Animal pens

4.04 Equipment

4.05 Animals must be kept clean

4.06 Provisions for isolation

4.07 Protective vaccination

4.08 Inspector must clean footwear and equipment

4.09 Transport of pelts

4.10 Isolation of new or moved animals Division 1 — Interpretation Definitions

1.01 In this regulation, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Act" means the Fur Farm Act; (b) "animals" means fur breeding animals; (c) "licensee" means the holder of a licence to operate a fur farm under the Act; (d) a reference in this regulation to the commissioner is deemed to be a reference to the Chief Veterinarian. file:///D/HTML/bc85581.htm[14.01.2025 19:44:36] Fur Farm Regulation [am. B.C. Regs. 113/71; 232/86.] Division 2 — Licensing Animals subject to Act

2.01 No fur bearing animals other than mink, marten, fisher, fox, nutria and chinchilla shall be subject to the provisions of the Act. Written approval

2.02 The commissioner may require an applicant for licence, in the initial instance or where a fur farm has not been licensed in the previous year, to submit approval in writing of the proposed construction of a fur farm from the municipal authority concerned or from the Provincial Ministry of Health in the case of unorganized territory. Division 3 — Records Record book

3.01 Every licensee shall keep a book in which he shall enter at the time of the event and transaction the number of animals involved in sales and purchases of live fur bearing animals, pelt shipments, natural animal increase and animal deaths. Division 4 — Control of Disease Health of animals

4.01 Every licensee shall take all proper measures for the maintenance of his animals in good general health and free from disease. Food and water

4.02 Every licensee shall furnish an ample supply of wholesome food and clean, fresh water for his animals. Animal pens

4.03 Every licensee shall provide ample and properly constructed pens for the accommodation of his animals, and he shall locate the pens in suitable surroundings that admit of proper drainage, and he shall protect them by a suitable guard fence where the fur bearing animals are kept and liable to escape. Equipment

4.04 Every licensee shall have equipment adequate to care properly for his animals, and for the general operation of the fur farm, and for the humane dispatching of animals to be pelted, and for the proper handling and storage of food supplies at proper temperatures to prevent deterioration. Animals must be kept clean

4.05 Every licensee shall keep his animals clean and free of parasites. Provisions for isolation

4.06 Every licensee shall make provision to the satisfaction of the commissioner for the isolation of sick animals and for the isolation of animals brought on to the fur farm. file:///D/HTML/bc85581.htm[14.01.2025 19:44:36] Fur Farm Regulation Protective vaccination

4.07 Where the situation warrants it, the commissioner may require the use of protective vaccination at the expense of the licensee. Inspector must clean footwear and equipment

4.08 No inspector shall leave a fur farm without first thoroughly cleansing and disinfecting his footwear and equipment so as to avoid carrying any infection. Transport of pelts

4.09 No licensee shall cause to be transported any pelts unless the parcel containing the pelts is properly marked and identified in the manner required by the Wildlife Branch of the ministry of the minister responsible for the administration of the Wildlife Act. [am. B.C. Regs. 109/2002, s. 1; 4/2010, s. 3.] Isolation of new or moved animals

4.10 Where additional animals are brought on to a fur farm, or where animals are returned to a fur farm from an exhibition or from any other place, the licensee shall place such animals in isolation on the fur farm for a period satisfactory to the commissioner. [Provisions of the Fur Farm Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 167, relevant to the enactment of this regulation: section 11] Copyright (c) Queen's Printer, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada file:///D/HTML/bc85581.htm[14.01.2025 19:44:36]