- The disposition of the carcass, regardless of whether the carcass leaves the premises. If the carcass leaves the herd premises, the operator must record the official individual identification or “dead tag" number, the disposition date, and the name and address of the carcass recipient.
- Chronic wasting disease test results if testing is required under current rules (testing is currently required, unless the animal is less than 16 months old).
•A deer farm operator must retain these records for at least 5 years, and must make the records available to DATCP for inspection and copying upon request.
Deer Imports and Movement; Tuberculosis Status
Current rules regulate imports of cervids (including farm-raised deer) to this state. This rule strengthens current import restrictions related to tuberculosis. Under this rule, no person may import a cervid except from a “tuberculosis free" or “tuberculosis qualified" herd (there are limited exemptions). Under current rules and this rule, cervids imported from “tuberculosis modified accredited states" must also be confined for tuberculosis testing following import.
Current rules also regulate the movement of farm-raised deer from deer farms in this state. This rule makes minor adjustments to current rules (timing of tuberculosis tests to determine source herd status), and exempts movements between locations that are part of the same registered deer farm.
Hunting Preserves; General
Under this rule, no person may sell or offer the opportunity to hunt farm-raised deer on any premises unless all of the following apply:
•The person holds, for those premises, both a deer farm registration certificate (see above) and a hunting preserve certificate (see below) from DATCP.
•Farm-raised deer, when hunted, have unimpeded access to at least 80 acres of land.
•The person complies with applicable requirements under this rule.
Hunting Preserve Certificate
Under this rule, DATCP may issue a hunting preserve certificate for a registered deer farm. A hunting preserve certificate expires 10 years after it is issued (the deer farm registration must be renewed annually). A hunting preserve certificate is not transferable between persons or premises. A hunting preserve certificate is not valid unless the holder also holds a current annual deer farm registration certificate.
A person must apply for a hunting preserve certificate on a form provided DATCP. The application must include all of the following:
•The applicant's name, address, and deer farm registration number.
•The address of the deer farm premises for which the applicant seeks a hunting preserve certificate.
•Documentation showing that farm-raised deer hunted on the premises will have unimpeded access to at least 80 acres of land.
•A nonrefundable fee of $150.
DATCP must grant or deny an application within 90 business days after DATCP receives a complete application. DATCP must inspect the premises before issuing a hunting preserve certificate, and may inspect relevant records as necessary.
Hunting Preserves; Chronic Wasting Disease Testing
Under this rule, a hunting preserve operator must have a chronic wasting disease test performed on every farm-raised deer at least 16 months old that is killed on the hunting preserve (see deer farm testing requirements above). The hunting preserve operator must inform the hunter of the test results.
Hunting Preserves; Animal Identification
Hunting preserves, like other deer farms, must comply with animal identification requirements (see above). Current rules prohibit any person from removing, altering or tampering with an animal's official individual identification. Under this rule, no portion of a farm-raised deer carcass may leave a hunting preserve unless it bears official individual identification or a “dead tag" issued by DATCP (see above).
Hunting Preserves; Recordkeeping
This rule requires a hunting preserve operator to do all the following:
•Keep records required of other deer farm operators.
•Keep the following records related to each farm-raised deer that is killed on the hunting preserve:
- The name and address of the person who killed the farm-raised deer.
- The date and time when the farm-raised deer was killed, and the location of the premises where it was killed.
- The name and address of the person who collected the chronic wasting disease test sample from the farm-raised deer carcass.
- The laboratory test reports from the chronic wasting disease test.
- The disposition of the carcass.
- The official individual identification or “dead tag" number attached to the carcass. If the carcass has both an official individual identification and a “dead tag," the record must include both numbers.
•Keep copies of all advertising and promotional materials used to promote the hunting preserve.
•Record the name and address of every person who pays for the opportunity to hunt farm-raised deer at the hunting preserve.
•Retain the required records for at least 5 years, and make them available to DATCP for inspection and copying upon request.
Hunting Preserves; Prohibited Conduct
Under this rule, no person operating a farm-raised deer hunting preserve may do any of the following:
•Violate or allow others to violate laws prohibiting “shining" of animals.
•Violate or assist any violation of DATCP animal health rules.
•Make any false, deceptive or misleading representation to a customer or potential customer.
•Misrepresent that DATCP or any other person has approved, endorsed or recommended a hunting preserve.
•Misrepresent the weight of a killed farm-raised deer.
•Misrepresent, to a hunter, that any portion of a carcass delivered to the hunter is that of the farm-raised deer killed by the hunter.
Animal Disease Quarantines
Under current rules, DATCP may quarantine animals to prevent or control diseases that may affect domestic or exotic animals. Under this rule, DATCP may quarantine animals to prevent or control diseases that may affect any animals (not just domestic or exotic animals), or to prevent or control diseases that may be transmitted from animals to humans.
Animal Imports; Health Certificate
Current rules prohibit a person from importing any of the following animals without a health certificate (certificate of veterinary inspection):
•Bovine animals (there are limited exemptions).
•Swine (there are limited exemptions).
•Equine animals (there are limited exemptions).
•Poultry.
•Sheep (except sheep imported to slaughter).
•Goats.
•Dogs or domestic cats.
•Circus, rodeo, racing or menagerie animals.
•Exotic ruminants and South American camelids (alpacas and llamas).
•Cervids (including deer and elk).
•Ratites (except ratites imported from a federal quarantine facility).
This rule extends the current health certificate requirement to animal species that are not covered by current rules. This rule prohibits a person from importing any animal without a health certificate. This rule continues current limited exemptions for domestic livestock, including exemptions for livestock imported directly to slaughter (farm-raised deer imported directly to slaughter must be tested for chronic wasting disease if they are at least 16 months old). This rule also exempts invertebrates that are imported in compliance with DATCP pest control rules.
Alpacas and Llamas; Imports
Under current rules, a person must obtain a DATCP permit before importing an alpaca or llama. The person must have the animal tested for tuberculosis and brucellosis. A health certificate (certificate of veterinary inspection) must accompany the imported animal. This rule eliminates the permit, tuberculosis testing and brucellosis testing requirements, but retains the health certificate requirement.
Wild Animal Imports
This rule prohibits a person from importing a wild animal to this state unless all of the following apply:
•DATCP issues an import permit for that import. DATCP may not issue an import permit for an animal that DNR has designated as a “harmful wild animal" unless DNR also approves the import.
•A valid health certificate (certificate of veterinary inspection) accompanies the imported animal.
These wild animal import requirements to not apply to invertebrates imported in compliance with DATCP pest control laws. Nor do they apply to domestic animals (see list above). However, domestic animals are subject to other import regulations under current rules and this rule.
This rule prohibits imports of prairie dogs and certain African rodents that have been implicated in the spread of “monkey pox." However, DATCP may issue an import permit if one of the following applies:
•The animal is imported directly to an accredited zoo.
•The animal is imported directly to a bona fide research facility.
•The animal is imported directly to a veterinary facility for treatment, or is returning directly from treatment at a veterinary facility.
Animal Dealers
Before the Captive Wildlife Law was enacted, DATCP licensed “livestock dealers" (“livestock" includes bovine animals, sheep, goats, swine, farm-raised deer, equines and other farm animals). The Captive Wildlife Law changed the “livestock dealer" license to an “animal dealer" license.
DATCP now licenses “animal dealers" who deal in livestock or wild animals. Captive white-tail deer are now considered “livestock" (farm-raised deer). This rule modifies current rules to reflect this expanded coverage. This rule also clarifies and reorganizes current licensing requirements. Under this rule:
•A person must be annually licensed by DATCP, as an animal dealer, if the person does any of the following (see exemptions below):
- Engages in the business of buying livestock or wild animals for resale, slaughter or exchange.
- Engages in the business of selling or exchanging livestock or wild animals.
- Engages in the business of leasing out livestock or wild animals to others.
•The following persons are exempt from licensing as animal dealers:
- An employee of a licensed animal dealer who acts solely on behalf of that licensed animal dealer.
- A farm operator who buys or exchanges livestock solely for dairy, breeding or feeding operations on that farm, or who sells only livestock produced on that farm.
- An animal market operator licensed by DATCP.
- The operator of a licensed meat establishment who buys livestock solely for slaughter at that meat establishment.
- The holder of a DNR captive wildlife license who buys, sells or exchanges wild animals pursuant to the license, solely for purposes of the licensed operation.
•A person must do all the following to obtain an animal dealer license (no change from current rules):
- Submit a complete license application.
- Pay an annual license fee of $115 (no change from current rules).
- Obtain an animal trucker license, if the person also operates as an animal trucker (see below).
- Register all vehicles that the person uses to transport animals.
