Animal Care Codes of Practice Regulation (34/2019). Country/Territory Canada Territorial subdivision British Columbia Document type Regulation Date 2019 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Animal production Animal reproduction Animal welfare Grazing Cattle Sheep/goats Swine Equine-animals Poultry Authorization/permit Transport/storage Wild fauna Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Entry into force notes This Regulation enters into force on 1 June 2019. Abstract In this regulation: “commercial operation” means the keeping or use of a commercial animal for one or more of the following purposes, performed on a commercial basis and whether or not the commercial animal is kept or used under a licence, permit or other authorization issued or required under an enactment: (a) breeding, whether or not the commercial animal or any resulting offspring are pedigreed or purebred; (b) boarding, whether or not overnight; (c) grazing; (d) producing (i) eggs for a hatchery, (ii) fibre, (iii) food for human or animal consumption, (iv) hides or pelts, (v) manure, or (vi) other products or by-products; (e) selling the commercial animal live; (f) training or using the commercial animal for work or competition; (g) in the case of a commercial animal of the equine species, training or using the commercial animal for recreation; (h) transporting a commercial animal and handling a commercial animal for the purposes of transporting the animal; “NFACC” means the National Farm Animal Care Council. This regulation applies to the following animals: (a) beef cattle, being bulls, cows and calves of any age kept and raised for the purpose of producing beef; (b) bison; (c) dairy cattle, being (i) bulls aged 6 months or older and kept for the purpose of breeding with cows referred to in subparagraph (iii), (ii) calves aged less than 6 months of cows referred to in subparagraph (iii), and (iii) cows aged 6 months or older and kept for the purpose of producing milk for human consumption, whether or not the cow is lactating; (d) domestic equine species, including hybrids; (e) domestic swine; (f) foxes; (g) mink; (h) poultry, being chickens, chicken capons, ducks, fowl, geese and turkeys; (i) rabbits; (j) sheep; (k) veal cattle, being calves of any age kept and raised for the purpose of producing veal. A commercial operation is prescribed as a regulated activity for the purposes of the Act. Full text English Website www.bclaws.ca