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Prairie Dog and Certain Other Rodents Importation Prohibition Regulations

SOR/2003-310

HEALTH OF ANIMALS ACT

Registration 2003-09-10

Prairie Dog and Certain Other Rodents Importation Prohibition Regulations

The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, pursuant to section 14 of the Health of Animals ActFootnote a, hereby makes the annexed Prairie Dog and Certain Other Rodents Importation Prohibition Regulations.

Ottawa, September 10, 2003

Lyle Vanclief

Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food

Prohibition

 No person shall import into Canada or any Canadian port during the period beginning on the day on which these Regulations come into force and ending on January 31, 2008, any of the following:

  • (a) prairie dogs (Cynomys sp.), African Giant Pouched Rats (Cricetomys gambianus) or any squirrel of the family Sciuridae, from any country; and

  • (b) any other member of the order Rodentia from Africa.

 Section 1 does not apply to animals that are imported for scientific research, zoological collections or educational purposes.

  • SOR/2004-240, s. 1

Coming into Force

 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.


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