Idaho Admin. Code r. 13.01.10.400 - COMMERCIAL WILDLIFE FACILITIES

In addition to the rules for captive wildlife facilities in Section 300, the following apply to commercial wildlife facilities. (4-6-23)

01. USDA License. No person may operate a commercial wildlife facility exhibiting warm-blooded animals to the public without a USDA Exhibitor license. (4-6-23)

02. Veterinary Care and Reporting. The facility must maintain adequate veterinary care, under a written care program with the attending licensed veterinarian(s). The licenseholder must maintain a complete record of veterinary examinations, illness, treatment and disposition for each permitted animal and make such record available to the Department upon request. Any warm-blooded animal death at the facility must be reported to the Department Regional Office where the facility is located within ten (10) days of the death, with veterinary inspection to occur for any such death unless it is reasonably expected based on care received under the veterinary care program. (4-6-23)

03. Care Specifications. Any commercial wildlife facility must comply with requirements of 9 CFR 3.125 - 142 for warm-blooded animals specified in those regulations. Possession of warm-blooded animals under a valid USDA Exhibitor license is regulated by USDA under 9 CFR and is exempt from this subsection 03. (4-6-23)

04. Public Handling or Feeding. Any commercial wildlife facility must comply with requirements of 9 CFR 2.131 for public handling or feeding of wildlife at commercial wildlife facilities not possessed under a valid USDA Exhibitor permit, including warm-blooded and non-warm-blooded wildlife. Public handling or feeding of warm-blood animals possessed under a valid USDA Exhibitor license is regulated by USDA under 9 CFR and is exempt from this subsection 04. (4-6-23)

05. Sale of Animal Meat or Parts. (4-6-23)

i. A commercial wildlife facility licensee may sell or otherwise dispose of the carcass, parts, or byproducts of a properly identified big game animal taken from a commercial wildlife facility only upon preparing an invoice or bill of sale as specified by the Department and attaching a copy of it to the lot shipment, carcass, or container and keeping a copy for his records. Upon the attaching of the invoice or bill of sale to the carcass, parts, or by-products of the animal, the same may be transported to the transferee named on the invoice or bill of sale. (4-6-23)

ii. The licensee may sell commercial wildlife facility animals for meat upon compliance with all applicable health laws, USDA, and ISDA regulations. (4-6-23)

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Idaho Admin. Code r. 13.01.10.400