N.D. Admin Code 48.1-09-01-06 - Fencing requirements
1. Owners of all
categories of nontraditional livestock shall comply with fencing or enclosure
standards that will assure containment.
2. Unless otherwise specified, perimeter
fences for cervids, nondomestic sheep and goats, and nondomestic hybrid sheep
and goats must follow the height requirements in this section. The bottom of
the fence must be at or below ground level. The fence must be a mesh of a size
to prevent escape and not spaced more than six inches [15.24 centimeters]
apart.
a. Electric fencing materials may be
used on perimeter fences, only as a supplement to conventional fencing
materials.
b. All gates in the
perimeter fence must be locked and there must not be more than six inches
[15.24 centimeters] below or between gates.
c. Posts must be of sufficient strength to
keep nontraditional livestock securely contained. The posts must extend to the
upper limits of the height requirement and be spaced no more than twenty-four
feet [7.32 meters] apart.
d. Each
fawning or lambing pen may not exceed one hundred sixty acres [64.75
hectares].
e. The minimum standards
for perimeter fences are as follows:
(1) A
four-foot [1.22-meter] fence for small cervid species, including
muntjac.
(2) A four-foot
[1.22-meter] fence made of twelve-gauge or heavier woven wire, or other
material of similar strength for black Hawaiian, Corsican, painted desert,
multi-horned hair, Texas dall, New Mexico dall, and desert sand
sheep.
(3) A six-foot [1.83-meter]
fence for fallow deer.
(4) An
eight-foot [2.44-meter] fence for white-tailed deer, mule deer, category 3
nondomestic sheep, and category 3 nondomestic goats.
3. Animals may be subject to
additional fencing requirements at the discretion of the state
veterinarian.
Notes
General Authority: NDCC 36-01-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 36-01-08, 36-01-12
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