Additional requirements for specific species shall be as
follows:
(1) Group I - Chimpanzees
(over 50 pounds), gorillas, orangutans.
(a)
Outdoor facilities - Cage construction materials shall consist of steel bars,
two-inch galvanized pipe, masonry block or their strength equivalent.
(b) Indoor facilities - Potential escape
routes shall be equipped with steel bars, two-inch galvanized pipe or
equivalent in rooms where the wildlife is maintained.
(2) Group II - Chimpanzees (up to 50 pounds),
drills, mandrills, baboons, snow leopards, jaguars, tigers, lions, bears.
(a) Outdoor facilities - Cage construction
materials shall consist of not less than nine-gauge chain link or
equivalent.
(b) Indoor facilities -
Potential escape routes shall be equipped with wire or grating of not less than
nine-gauge or equivalent.
(3) Group III - Rhinoceros, elephants,
hippopotamus, cape buffalos, gaur.
Indoor and outdoor facilities - Construction materials shall
consist of steel bars, masonry block or equivalent.
(4) Group IV - Crocodiles, gavials,
alligators, caimans, komodo dragons.
Outdoor facilities - Bounded by a fence at least five feet in
height of not less than 11 1/2 gauge chain link or equivalent.
(5) Group V - Gibbons, siamangs, patas
monkeys, howler monkeys, uakaris, mangabeys, guenons, sakis, guereza monkeys,
celebes black apes, indris, macaques, langurs, proboscis monkeys, spider
monkeys, woolly monkeys, and capuchin monkeys, leopards, cougars, clouded
leopards, cheetahs, ocelots, servals, lynx, bobcats, caracals, African golden
cats, Temminck's golden cats, fishing cats, wolves, coyotes, jackals, Indian
dholes, African hunting dogs, aardwolves, binturongs, and Old World badgers.
(a) Outdoor facilities - Construction
material shall consist of not less than 11 1/2 gauge chain link or
equivalent.
(b) Indoor facilities -
Potential escape routes shall be equipped with wire or grating not less than 11
1/2 gauge or equivalent.
(6) Group VI - Wolverines, honey badgers,
American badgers, and hyenas.
(a) Outdoor
facilities - Cage construction materials shall consist of not less than 9 gauge
chain link or equivalent.
(b)
Indoor facilities - Potential escape routes shall be equipped with wire or
grating of not less than 9 gauge chain link or equivalent.
(7) Group VII - Ostrich, cassowary.
Outdoor facilities - Bounded by a fence of at least six feet
in height of not less than 11 1/2 gauge chain link or
equivalent.
(8) Group VIII -
Class III mammals (except spider, woolly, and capuchin monkeys) and Varanidae
(except Komodo dragon), giraffe, okapi, tapir, wild cattle, forest, woodland
and aridland antelope; and similar species of non-native hoofstock (family
Bovidae). Such non-native hoofstock to include: Forest
buffalo, Banteng, Anoa, Waterbuck, Wildebeest, Hartebeest, Eland, Kudu, Nilgai,
Bongo, lechwe, Roan and Sable antelope, Sitatunga, Bontebok, Blesbok, Topi,
Kob, Addax, Oryx, Gemsbok, and other wild species of the family Bovidae which
are of similar size, habits and nature.
(a)
Outdoor facilities - Cage construction materials shall consist of not less than
14-gauge wire or strength equivalent material.
(b) Indoor facilities - Rooms may serve as
enclosures provided that:
1. Construction
materials equal or exceed the strength equivalent for outside caging.
2. Potential escape routes are secured, or
the animal is supervised to ensure against escape.
3. The size of the room(s) equals or exceeds
that required for cages and enclosures in this
chapter.
