Wild Animal and Plant Trade Regulations

5 For the purposes of subsection 6(2) of the Act and in respect of importation,

• (a) animal means

  • (i) any specimen, whether living or dead, of any species of the order Caudata, including any egg, sperm, tissue culture or embryo of such a specimen, and

  • (ii) any specimen, whether living or dead, of any species of animal, other than any species of the order Caudata, listed as “fauna” in an appendix to the Convention or that is listed in Schedule II, including any egg, sperm, tissue culture or embryo of such a specimen; and

• (b) plant means any specimen, whether living or dead, of any species of plant listed as “flora” in an appendix to the Convention, and includes any seed, spore, pollen or tissue culture of any such plant.