Virginia Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Chapter 150 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF COMPANION ANIMALS
Part IV - Standards for the Transportation of Birds
Section 2VAC5-150-210 - Food and water requirements
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
Adequate food and water shall be provided for in that:
1. Any individual, dealer, exhibitor, pet shop or operator of an auction sale offering any live birds to any carrier or intermediate handler for transportation, in commerce, or any dealer, exhibitor, pet shop or operator of an auction sale transporting such animals in their own primary conveyance, if such transport shall be longer than two hours, shall provide an adequate supply of food and water or an alternate source of moisture within the primary enclosure to meet the requirements of such birds except that this may be inappropriate for some birds according to professionally accepted standards.
2. No carrier or intermediate handler may accept any bird for transportation unless the above provision appropriate for the species of bird being transported has been met.
Statutory Authority
§ 3.2-6501 of the Code of Virginia.
