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O. Reg. 264/05: Wildlife in Captivity

filed June 3, 2005 under Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, c. 41

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ontario regulation 264/05

made under the

fish and wildlife conservation act, 1997

Made: June 1, 2005
Filed: June 3, 2005
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: June 18, 2005

Amending O. Reg. 668/98

(Wildlife in Captivity)

1. Section 3 of Ontario Regulation 668/98 is revoked and the following substituted:

3. (1) A person who owns or operates a zoo may, in accordance with a licence issued under the Act,

(a) keep or propagate game wildlife and specially protected wildlife; and

(b) buy or sell game wildlife and specially protected wildlife.

(2) The person shall not,

(a) buy game wildlife or specially protected wildlife, except from a person who may sell it lawfully; or

(b) sell it, except to a person who may buy it lawfully.

2. Section 7 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

7. (1) A person may,

(a) keep a game reptile, a specially protected reptile, a game amphibian or a specially protected amphibian in captivity under a licence issued under subsection 40 (1) of the Act;

(b) propagate it under a licence issued under subsection 45 (1) of the Act; and

(c) buy or sell it under a licence issued under subsection 48 (1) of the Act.

(2) The person shall not,

(a) buy a game reptile, a specially protected reptile, a game amphibian or a specially protected amphibian, except from a person who may sell it lawfully; or

(b) sell it, except to a person who may buy it lawfully.

3. Section 24 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(4) The person shall not,

(a) buy a falconry bird, except from a person who may sell it lawfully; or

(b) sell a falconry bird, except to a person who may buy it lawfully.