Health of Animals Regulations (C.R.C., c. 296)

152.2 (1) No person shall load, confine or transport an animal in or unload an animal from a conveyance or container, or cause one to be so loaded, confined, transported or unloaded, unless the person provides the animal with feed, safe water and rest at intervals that do not exceed the following:

• (a) 12 hours for any compromised animals;

• (b) in the case of safe water, 24 hours for broiler chickens, spent laying hens and rabbits and in the case of feed and rest for those animals, 28 hours;

• (c) 28 hours for equines and porcines; and

• (d) 36 hours for all other animals.

(2) Despite subsection (1), no person shall load, confine or transport newly hatched poultry in or unload such animals from a conveyance or container, or cause them to be so loaded, confined, transported or unloaded, unless the person provides them with feed, safe water and rest within 72 hours after the time of hatching.

(3) Despite subsection (1), no person shall load, confine or transport ruminants that are too young to be fed exclusively on hay and grain and livestock, camelids or cervids of eight days of age or less in or unload such animals from a conveyance or container, or cause them to be so loaded, confined, transported or unloaded, unless the person provides them with feed, safe water and rest within 12 hours after the time they were last provided with feed, safe water and rest prior to loading.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (1), an interval begins

• (a) in the case of feed, when the animal was last fed;

• (b) in the case of safe water, when the animal was last given safe water; and

• (c) in the case of rest, when the animal was last rested for a minimum of eight consecutive hours.