Delaware Administrative Code
Title 3 - Agriculture
900 - Poultry and Animal Health
903 - Exotic Animal Regulations
Section 903-11.0 - Transporting; Permit Information Changes; Transfer of Ownership; Births and Deaths
Universal Citation: 3 DE Admin Code 903-11.0
Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024
11.1 If an exotic is to be moved from one location to another for any reason, the exotic shall be transported in a cage or other container that will be strong enough to prevent its escape while in transport, that will protect the public from physical contact with the exotic and that meets the exotic's welfare requirements.
11.2 All permit holders are required to notify the Department in writing within thirty (30) business days if they change their name, permanent address or other contact information and a failure to do so constitutes and offense punishable in accordance with 3 Del.C. § 7203.
11.3 Transfer of Ownership or Custodianship
11.3.1 All permit holders are required to:
11.3.1.1 Keep written records of any change of ownership or custodianship of an exotic animal.
11.3.1.2 Make these records available to the Department immediately upon request.
11.3.2 Individual Permit holders that gift or adopt out an exotic in accordance with regulation 7.1.3 must notify the Department in writing within ten (10) days of the transfer of ownership or custody.
11.3.3 Rehabilitator Permit holders must be in keeping with regulation 7.4.
11.3.4 Sales Permit holders must be in keeping with regulations 7.5 and 8.5.
11.3.5 A failure to comply with any of the duties imposed by regulation 11.3 constitutes an offense punishable in accordance with 3 Del.C.
§
7203.
11.4 Births and Deaths
11.4.1 Individual Permit holders must notify the Department of the birth(s) or death(s) of each exotic by the first of every month.
11.4.1.1 In the instance of unplanned birth(s) of exotic(s), the Individual Permit holder must obtain a permit for each exotic in keeping with regulations 7.1 and 8.1.
11.4.1.2 If an exotic is pregnant when purchased and gives birth then the Individual Permit holder must obtain a permit for each exotic in keeping with regulations 7.1 and 8.1.
11.4.2 Accredited Zoo Permit holders may breed exotics in keeping regulation 4.5.2.
11.4.3 Exhibitor Permit holders who are based in Delaware must notify the Department of any birth(s) or death(s) of each exotic by the first of every month.
11.4.4 Rehabilitator Permit Holders must be in keeping with regulations 7.4.5.1.3, 7.4.5.1.4 and 9.4.
11.4.5 Sales Permit holders are limited to breeding the following classes: Reptile and Herbivore and must be in keeping with regulations 4.5.2, 7.5.1.7, 7.5.2.10, 8.5, and 9.5.
11.4.6 Exotics exempt from permitting in accordance with regulation 6.1:
11.4.6.1 May be bred; and
11.4.6.2 Births and deaths do not need to be reported to the Department.
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