Florida Administrative Code
68 - FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
68A - Freshwater Fish and Wildlife
Chapter 68A-6 - CAPTIVE WILDLIFE
Section 68A-6.011 - Structural Caging Requirements for Class I, II, and III Wildlife

Universal Citation: FL Admin Code R 68A-6.011

Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024

Additional requirements for specific species shall be as follows:

(1) Group I - Chimpanzees (over 50 pounds), gorillas, orangutans.

(a) Outdoor facilities - Cage construction materials shall consist of steel bars, two-inch galvanized pipe, masonry block or their strength equivalent.

(b) Indoor facilities - Potential escape routes shall be equipped with steel bars, two-inch galvanized pipe or equivalent in rooms where the wildlife is maintained.

(2) Group II - Chimpanzees (up to 50 pounds), drills, mandrills, baboons, snow leopards, jaguars, tigers, lions, bears.

(a) Outdoor facilities - Cage construction materials shall consist of not less than nine-gauge chain link or equivalent.

(b) Indoor facilities - Potential escape routes shall be equipped with wire or grating of not less than nine-gauge or equivalent.

(3) Group III - Rhinoceros, elephants, hippopotamus, cape buffalos, gaur.

Indoor and outdoor facilities - Construction materials shall consist of steel bars, masonry block or equivalent.

(4) Group IV - Crocodiles, gavials, alligators, caimans, komodo dragons.

Outdoor facilities - Bounded by a fence at least five feet in height of not less than 11 1/2 gauge chain link or equivalent.

(5) Group V - Gibbons, siamangs, patas monkeys, howler monkeys, uakaris, mangabeys, guenons, sakis, guereza monkeys, celebes black apes, indris, macaques, langurs, proboscis monkeys, spider monkeys, woolly monkeys, and capuchin monkeys, leopards, cougars, clouded leopards, cheetahs, ocelots, servals, lynx, bobcats, caracals, African golden cats, Temminck's golden cats, fishing cats, wolves, coyotes, jackals, Indian dholes, African hunting dogs, aardwolves, binturongs, and Old World badgers.

(a) Outdoor facilities - Construction material shall consist of not less than 11 1/2 gauge chain link or equivalent.

(b) Indoor facilities - Potential escape routes shall be equipped with wire or grating not less than 11 1/2 gauge or equivalent.

(6) Group VI - Wolverines, honey badgers, American badgers, and hyenas.

(a) Outdoor facilities - Cage construction materials shall consist of not less than 9 gauge chain link or equivalent.

(b) Indoor facilities - Potential escape routes shall be equipped with wire or grating of not less than 9 gauge chain link or equivalent.

(7) Group VII - Ostrich, cassowary.

Outdoor facilities - Bounded by a fence of at least six feet in height of not less than 11 1/2 gauge chain link or equivalent.

(8) Group VIII - Class III mammals (except spider, woolly, and capuchin monkeys) and Varanidae (except Komodo dragon), giraffe, okapi, tapir, wild cattle, forest, woodland and aridland antelope; and similar species of non-native hoofstock (family Bovidae). Such non-native hoofstock to include: Forest buffalo, Banteng, Anoa, Waterbuck, Wildebeest, Hartebeest, Eland, Kudu, Nilgai, Bongo, lechwe, Roan and Sable antelope, Sitatunga, Bontebok, Blesbok, Topi, Kob, Addax, Oryx, Gemsbok, and other wild species of the family Bovidae which are of similar size, habits and nature.

(a) Outdoor facilities - Cage construction materials shall consist of not less than 14-gauge wire or strength equivalent material.

(b) Indoor facilities - Rooms may serve as enclosures provided that:
1. Construction materials equal or exceed the strength equivalent for outside caging.

2. Potential escape routes are secured, or the animal is supervised to ensure against escape.

3. The size of the room(s) equals or exceeds that required for cages and enclosures in this chapter.

Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const.

New 9-30-19.

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