Animal Welfare Act Circus Animals Regulations Section 1 c t Updated 2017 Page 1 c ANIMAL WELFARE ACT Chapter A-11.2 CIRCUS ANIMALS REGULATIONS Pursuant to section 45 of the Animal Welfare Act R.S.P.E.I. 1988, Cap. A-11.2, Council made the following regulations: Interpretation 1. Definitions The following terms are defined for the purposes of these regulations, (a) “Act” means the Animal Welfare Act R.S.P.E.I. 1988, Cap. A-11.2; (b) “Chief Conservation Officer” means the Chief Conservation Officer appointed under the Wildlife Conservation Act R.S.P.E.I. 1988, Cap. W-4.1; (c) “circus” means a travelling establishment that keeps, trains or exhibits animals to perform behaviours for the entertainment or education of the public; (d) “circus license” means a license to operate a circus under these regulations; (e) “equine” means a horse or pony ( Equus ferus), a donkey (Equus africanus asinus) or a mule; (f) “escape and recapture plan” means a written plan describing the measures used by a circus to prevent the escape of animals from the circus and the measures it would use to recapture any animal that does escape; (g) “handler” means the person responsible for the care of an animal in a circus; (h) “operator” means the person responsible for operating the circus while it is in the province; (j) “tether” means to restrain an animal by attaching one end of a rope, leash, chain or similar restraint to an animal or a collar, halter or hobble on the animal and affixing the other end to a stationary object; (i) “trainer” means the person responsible for training an animal to perform in a circus. (EC195/17)
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