Agr 1701.01 Purpose.
Agr 1702.02 License Required.
Agr 1701.03. License Exemption for Feeder Fish and Rodents.
These rules establish standards for the regulation of animal health and welfare that are consistent with the pattern established in statute by the legislature. Animal health regulation focuses on those conditions that pose a threat to public health, that would require regulatory intervention to protect the economy of the state, or both.
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Source. #6057-B, eff 6-30-95; ss by #7886, 5-3-03; ss by #9907, INTERIM, eff 5-3-11, EXPIRES: 10-31-11, ss by #10001, eff 10-1-11; ss by #12965, eff 1-6-20
New. #8763, eff 11-22-06; ss by #10834, eff 5-21-15; ss by #14164, eff 12-31-24
Any person that transfers the following number of animals customarily used as household pets to the public between July 1 and June 30 of each year shall be licensed pursuant to RSA 437:3:
(a) Thirty or more dogs;
(b) Thirty or more cats;
(c) Thirty or more ferrets;
(d) Fifty or more birds;
(e) Three hundred fifty or more fish;
(f) Two hundred or more reptiles;
(g) Two hundred or more amphibians; or
(h) Two hundred small mammals.
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Source. #13132, eff 11-20-20; ss by #14164, eff 12-31-24
Agr 1701.03. License Exemption for Feeder Fish and Rodents.
(a) Fish and rodents that are typically sold for the purposes of being used to feed other species such as reptiles, amphibians, and carnivorous fish shall not be included in calculating the total numbers in Agr 1701.02.
(b) Any person not licensed pursuant to RSA 437 and selling feeder fish or rodents to a member of the public may have the buyer sign a statement that the fish or rodents being purchased are solely intended for the purposes of feeding. Should the seller not maintain such records, the seller shall obtain a license when the numbers of any category of animal transferred reach the thresholds set forth in Agr 1701.02 (e)-(h).
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Source. #13132, eff 11-20-20; ss by #14164, eff 12-31-24