North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-09 - Nontraditional Livestock › Chapter 48.1-09-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-09-01-01 - Definitions

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
For purposes of this article:
1. "Confinement" means any structure or other
				means intended to keep an animal within bounds or restrict its
				movement.
2. "Environmentally
				dangerous animal" means animals that are known to cause exceptionally serious
				depredation to the environment.
3.
				"Herd" means any group of livestock maintained on common ground, or two or more
				groups of livestock under common ownership or supervision which are
				geographically separated from other herds, but can have an interchange or
				movement without regard to health status, as determined by the state
				veterinarian.
4. "Hybrid" means an
				animal produced by interbreeding different species or subspecies. If a hybrid
				is produced from animals of different nontraditional livestock categories, the
				produced hybrid animal is classified the highest of the different
				nontraditional livestock categories of the different species or subspecies
				regardless of the hybrid ratio.
5.
				"Importation permit number" means authorization obtained from the board for the
				importation of animals into the state.
6. "Inherently dangerous animal" means any
				animal that is intrinsically dangerous by nature and poses life-threatening
				risks.
7. "License" means a
				document obtained from the board and issued to a person for the maintenance of
				a category 2 or category 3 species in the state.
8. "Maintain" means to own, possess, control,
				restrain, or keep in captivity.
9.
				"Nontraditional livestock" means any nondomestic species held in confinement or
				which is physically altered to limit movement and facilitate capture.
				Nontraditional livestock includes ova, semen, eggs, or embryos of such
				livestock.
10. "Nontraditional
				livestock auction permit" means a document that may be issued by the board for
				organized auctions or sales of category 2 or category 3 nontraditional
				livestock.
11. "Nonvenomous
				injurious reptile" means a reptile that is normally considered a nonvenomous or
				nonpoisonous species where found in its native habitat and which can cause
				serious bodily injury or death upon a human being.
12. "Protected species" means wild varieties
				of geese, brant, swans, ducks, plovers, snipes, woodcocks, grouse, sage hens,
				pheasants, Hungarian partridges, quails, partridges, cranes, rails, coots, wild
				turkeys, mourning doves, crows, white-tailed deer, mule deer, moose, elk,
				bighorn sheep, mountain goats, antelope (pronghorn), mink, muskrats, weasels,
				wolverines, otters, martens, fishers, kit or swift foxes, beavers, raccoons,
				badgers, wolves, coyotes, bobcats, lynx, mountain lions, black bears, red or
				gray foxes, and tree squirrels.
13.
				"Species category list" is a listing of species previously reviewed and
				currently categorized by the board.
14. "Venomous reptile" means a reptile that
				is normally considered a venomous or poisonous species where found in its
				native habitat and which can cause serious bodily injury or death upon a human
				being, regardless of whether an individual animal has been
				devenomized.
15. "Wildlife" means
				any member of the animal kingdom, including any mammal; fish; bird, including
				any migratory, nonmigratory, or endangered bird for which protection is also
				afforded by treaty or other international agreement; amphibian; reptile;
				mollusk; crustacean; or other invertebrate, and includes any part, product,
				egg, or offspring thereof, or the dead body or parts thereof. Wildlife does not
				include domestic animals or birds or animals held in private
				ownership.
16. "Zoo" means an
				organization with a class C exhibitor's license which follows United States
				department of agriculture regulations and is inspected by
				USDA-APHIS-VS.
General Authority:
NDCC 36-01-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC 36-01-08, 36-01-08.4,
					 36-01-12