New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 8 - HUMANE TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK
Subchapter 3 - STANDARDS FOR HORSES
Section 2:8-3.5 - Marketing and sale

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 2:8-3.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) The driver of the transport vehicle, and/or any person who is present in the vehicle for purposes of transporting the horses, shall be responsible for the welfare of the horses at all times during transport.

(b) Horses transported for any purpose must be handled (loaded and off-loaded) and transported in a manner that minimizes injury, illness and death.

1. During loading and unloading, the horses' owner or owner's agent, if present, shall be responsible for handling horses.

2. If the horses' owner or owner's agent is absent, the driver of the transport vehicle, and/or any person who is present in the vehicle for purposes of transporting the horses, shall be responsible for the welfare of the horses.

(c) Horses must be transported with minimal delay.

(d) Horses shall be provided with adequate ventilation during transport.

(e) During transport, the horses' environment must provide relief from the elements that result in hyperthermia or hypothermia detrimental to the horses' health.

(f) Horses must be transported in a manner that complies with the Commercial Transportation of Equines to Slaughter, 9 C.F.R. § 88.

(g) Horses not moved from an auction barn, transfer station or similar location shall have access to water in holding pens, and if held longer than 24 hours, access to feed in accordance with 9 C.F.R. § 313.2(e).

1. These are maximum times without feed and water and are not in addition to transportation times.

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