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Animal Welfare; Policy on Training and Handling of Potentially Dangerous Animals : 9 CFR Parts 2 and 3

Primary Author
United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Source
Federal Register 2004 v. 69 no. 104
Publication Date
Document Type
Proposed Rule
Publisher
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Abstract
On February 18, 2000, we published a draft policy statement regarding the training and handling of potentially dangerous animals in the Federal Register in order to seek public comment on the policy statement prior to its implementation. The draft policy statement was developed to provide guidance to exhibitors and other regulated entities on how to comply with the regulations regarding training and handling of potentially dangerous animals (e.g., lions, tigers, bears, and elephants). This is to notify the public that we will not be publishing or implementing a final policy statement on these issues
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