Regulation respecting animals in captivity (R.Q. c. C-61.1, r.5.1).

This Regulation is to regulate the capture and importation of animals, except invertebrates, for the purpose of keeping them in captivity, and to set the conditions for keeping them in captivity and disposing of them. It also ensures the protection of the public, the welfare of animals and the conservation of wildlife. It is organised in 5 Parts and 7 Schedules. Part II concerns the conditions for the capture and for importing an animal into Québec, Part III lays down regulation on keeping animals in captivity, establishing different conditions for mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. Part IV contains general dispositions on animals in captivity related to species reintroduction regime, selling rights, and rules to be respected during killing or euthanasia of a captive animal.
If an animal is a hybrid, the provisions governing the species from which it originates are applicable to the hybrid, unless the provisions are incompatible. In such a case, the most stringent requirements apply.
No licence to keep animals in captivity is required for capturing, keeping in captivity or disposing of an animal that is not listed in Schedule 1. In the case of an animal listed in Schedule 2, no licence is required for capturing it, keeping it in captivity or disposing of it, except for the keeping, at the same time and by a single person, of more than 15 specimens of a single species or subspecies listed in that Schedule, except amphibians at the tadpole and egg stages. In addition to the licence holder, a licence issued under the Regulation respecting licences to keep animals in captivity (chapter C-61.1, r. 20.1.1), may be used by the following persons: (1) an employee of the holder of a licence (2) a volunteer of the holder of a licence; and (3) a family member of the licence holder who resides with the licence holder.
An animal must be captured without hurting or intoxicating it. Constant supervision must be exercised over any trap so that any animal that gets caught in it may be recovered or released rapidly.
It is prohibited to import into Québec an animal that may be a carrier of a pathogen listed in Schedule 3, except in the following cases: (1) measures to detect or eliminate the pathogen are applied and completed, before or as soon as it arrives in Québec; (2) the animal is part of a group of animals registered in a government certification program.