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Animal Welfare; Petition for Rulemaking : 9 CFR Parts 1 and 3

Primary Author
United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Source
Federal Register 1999 v. 64 no. 18
Publication Date
Document Type
Notice
Publisher
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Abstract
We are notifying the public of our receipt of a petition for rulemaking, and we are soliciting public comment on that petition. The petition, sponsored by several petitioners, requests that the Secretary of Agriculture amend the definition of ‘‘animal’’ in the Animal Welfare Act regulations to remove the current exclusion of rats and mice bred for use in research and birds and grant such other relief as the Secretary deems just and proper.’’
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