Compensation for Destroyed Animals Regulations

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SOR/2000-233

Registration 8 June, 2000

HEALTH OF ANIMALS ACT

Compensation for Destroyed Animals Regulations

The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, pursuant to paragraphs 55(b)^a and (c) of the Health of Animals Act^b, hereby makes the annexed Compensation for Destroyed Animals Regulations.

Ottawa, June 8, 2000

Lyle Vanclief
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food

^a S.C. 1997, c. 6, s. 71^b S.C. 1990, c. 21

COMPENSATION FOR DESTROYED ANIMALS REGULATIONS

INTERPRETATION

1. In these Regulations, "Act" means the Health of Animals Act.

MAXIMUM AMOUNTS

2. For the purpose of subsection 51(3) of the Act, the amount that is established as the maximum amount with respect to an animal that is destroyed or required to be destroyed under subsection 48(1) of the Act is

(a) if the animal is set out or included in column 1 of an item of the schedule, the amount set out in column 3 of that item; and

(b) in any other case, $30.

COMPENSATION FOR COSTS OF DISPOSAL

3. (1) Compensation for the following costs related to the disposal of an animal may be paid to the owner of the animal:

(a) subject to subsection (2), if the animal is destroyed or required to be destroyed by slaughter at an abattoir under subsection 48(1) of the Act and it is transported to the abattoir within the period and in the manner specified in the notice of requirement delivered or sent under subsection 48(3) of the Act,

(i) the reasonable costs of transporting it to the abattoir that were paid or incurred by the owner of the animal, to a maximum amount equal to the amount that a commercial trucker would normally charge for transporting it to the abattoir if it had not been required to be destroyed, and

(ii) the reasonable costs of slaughtering it at the abattoir that were paid or incurred by its owner and that are related to the reason for which it was required to be destroyed; and

(b) if the animal is destroyed or required to be destroyed under subsection 48(1) of the Act other than by slaughter at an abattoir and it is destroyed and its carcass disposed of within the period and in the manner specified in the notice of requirement delivered or sent under subsection 48(3) of the Act,

(i) the reasonable costs of transporting the animal or its carcass to the place of destruction and to the place of disposal that were paid or incurred by its owner, to a maximum amount equal to the amount that a commercial trucker would normally charge for that service,

(ii) the reasonable costs that were paid or incurred by the owner of the animal for cleaning and disinfecting the conveyance used to transport it or its carcass, to a maximum amount equal to the amount that a commercial service would normally charge for that service, and

(iii) the reasonable costs, to a maximum amount equal to the amount that a commercial service would normally charge to destroy the animal and dispose of its carcass, that were paid or incurred by the owner of the animal

(A) if the owner destroyed the animal and disposed of its carcass, for the supplies, equipment and labour expended to do so, or

(B) if a commercial service was used to destroy the animal and dispose of its carcass, for that service.

(2) The maximum amount of compensation that may be paid under paragraph (1)(a) is an amount equal to

(a) if the carcass of the animal has not been condemned, the value of the carcass according to paragraph 51(2)(b) of the Act; and

(b) if the carcass of the animal has been condemned, the value that the carcass would have had according to paragraph 51(2)(b) of the Act had it not been condemned.

REPEAL

4. The Maximum Amounts for Destroyed Animals Regulations, 1992¹ are repealed.

¹ SOR/93-492

COMING INTO FORCE

5. These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

SCHEDULE
(Section 2)

	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Animal	Family	Maximum Amount ($)

ANIMALS NOT LISTED BY ORDER
COMPANION ANIMALS
1.	Dog (Canis familiaris)	Canidae	1000
2.	Cat (Felix silvestrus)	Felidae	250
FARM ANIMALS
3.	Cattle (Bos taurus)	Bovidae	2500
4.	Cattle (Bos indicus)	Bovidae	2500
5.	Bison (Bison bison)	Bovidae	4000
6.	Sheep (Ovis aires)	Bovidae	600
7.	Goat (Capra hircus)	Bovidae	800
8.	Swine (Sus scrofa)	Suidae	800
9.	Horse (Equus equus)	Equidae	2750
10.	Chicken (Gallus gallus)	Phasianidae	33
11.	Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)	Meleagridae	50
12.	Duck (Cairina moschata)	Anatidae	30
13.	Goose (Anser anser)	Anatidae	30
14.	Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)	Leporidae	30
15.	Honeybee (Apis mellifera)	Apidae	250/hive
16.	Leafcutter Bee (Megachile species)	Megachilidae	250/hive
17.	Elk, Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)	Cervidae	4000
18.	Moose (Alces alces)	Cervidae	4000
19.	White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)	Cervidae	4000
20.	Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)	Cervidae	4000
21.	Fallow Deer (Dama dama)	Cervidae	4000
22.	Reindeer, Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)	Cervidae	4000
23.	Alpaca (Lama pacos)	Camelidae	4000
24.	Llama (Lama glama)	Camelidae	3000
25.	Ostrich (Struthio camelus)	Struthionidae	1500
26.	Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)	Dromaiidae	1500
27.	Rhea (Rhea americana)	Rheidae	1500
FUR ANIMALS
28.	Mink (Mustela vison)	Mustelidae	135
29.	Fox (Vulpes vulpes)	Canidae	1500
30.	Chinchilla (Chinchilla brevicadata)	Chinchillidae	30
31.	Chinchilla (Chinchilla laniger)	Chinchillidae	30
32.	Nutria, Coypu (Myocastor coypus)	Capromyidae	30
LABORATORY ANIMALS
33.	Guinea Pig (Cava porcellus)	Cavidae	50
34.	Mouse (Mus musculus)	Muridae	50
35.	Rat - white mutant (Rattus norvegicus)	Muridae	50
36.	Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)	Leporidae	30
ANIMALS LISTED BY ORDER
Order Anseriformes
37.	Other members of the anatidae family		500
38.	Other members of the anseriformes order		30
Order Artiodactyla
39.	Wart Hog (Phachoerus aethiopicus)	Suidae	4000
40.	Other members of the suidae family		800
41.	Peccary (Catogonus wagneri)	Tayassuidae	300
42.	Peccary (Tayassu species)	Tayassuidae	300
43.	Other members of the tayassuidae family		300
44.	Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)	Hippopotamidae	4000
45.	Pigmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)	Hippopotamidae	4000
46.	Other members of the hippopotamidae family		4000
47.	Bactrian or Two-humped Camel (Camelus bactrianus)	Camelidae	4000
48.	Dromedary or One-humped Camel (Camelus dromedarius)	Camelidae	4000
49.	Other members of the camelidae family		4000
50.	Mouse Deer (Hyemoschus aquaticus)	Tragulidae	500
51.	Other members of the tragulidae family		500
52.	Muntjac (Muntiacus species)	Cervidae	500
53.	Other members of the cervidae family		500
54.	Okapi (Okapii johnstoni)	Giraffidae	4000
55.	Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)	Giraffidae	4000
56.	Other members of the giraffidae family		4000
57.	Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)	Antilocapridae	3000
58.	Other members of the antilocapridae family		3000
59.	Bongo (Tragelaphus euryceros)	Bovidae	4000
60.	Eland (Taurotragus oryx)	Bovidae	3000
61.	Giant Eland (Taurotragus derbianus)	Bovidae	4000
62.	Asian Water Buffalo (Bubalus species)	Bovidae	4000
63.	African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)	Bovidae	4000
64.	Duiker (Cephalopus species)	Bovidae	4000
65.	Waterbuck (Kobus species)	Bovidae	1000
66.	Sable Antelope (Hippotragus species)	Bovidae	1000
67.	Oryx (Oryx species)	Bovidae	1000
68.	Addax (Addax nasomasculatus)	Bovidae	1000
69.	Topi (Damaliscus species)	Bovidae	4000
70.	Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)	Bovidae	4000
71.	Gnu or Wildebeest (Connochaetes species)	Bovidae	3000
72.	Impala (Aepyceros melampus)	Bovidae	3000
73.	Gazelle (Gazella species)	Bovidae	2000
74.	Saiga (Saiga tatarica)	Bovidae	2000
75.	Ibex (Capra ibex)	Bovidae	3000
76.	Tahr (Hemitragus species)	Bovidae	3000
77.	Mountain Goat (Oreamus americanus)	Bovidae	3000
78.	Barbary Sheep or Aoudad (Ammotragus lervia)	Bovidae	2000
79.	Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis)	Bovidae	1000
80.	Dall's Sheep (Ovis dalli)	Bovidae	1000
81.	Muskox (Ovibus moschatus)	Bovidae	4000
82.	Other members of the bovidae family		600
83.	Other members of the artiodactyla order		500
Order Caprimulgiformes
84.	Tawny Frogmouths (Podargus strigoides) and other members of the caprimulgiformes order		150

Order Carnivora
85.	Aardwolf (Proteles cristatus)	Hyaenidae	2000
86.	Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena)	Hyaenidae	3000
87.	Brown Hyena (Hyaena brunnea)	Hyaenidae	3000
88.	Other members of the hyaenidea family		2000
89.	Lynx, Cougar and other Small Wild Cats (Felis species)	Felidae	4000
90.	Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)	Felidae	4000
91.	Tiger (Panthera tigris)	Felidae	4000
92.	Leopard (Panthera pardus)	Felidae	4000
93.	Jaguar (Panthera onca)	Felidae	4000
94.	Lion (Panthera leo)	Felidae	4000
95.	Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)	Felidae	4000
96.	Other members of the felidae family		250
97.	Fox (Vulpes species)	Canidae	1500
98.	Wolf (Canis species)	Canidae	1500
99.	Other members of the canidae family		1000
100.	Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)	Ursidae	3000
101.	Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)	Ursidae	4000
102.	Other members of the ursidae family		3000
103.	Lesser Panda (Ailurus fulgens)	Procyonidae	3000
104.	Raccoon (Procyon lotor)	Procyonidae	75
105.	Other members of the procyonidae family		75
106.	Otter (Lutrinae species)	Mustelidae	4000
107.	Other members of the mustelidae family		135
108.	Other members of the carnivora order		75
Order Cetacia
109.	Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises and other members of the cetacia order		4000
Order Chelonia
110.	Turtles and other members of the chelonia order		150
Order Chiroptera
111.	Bats and other members of the chiroptera order		300
Order Ciconiformes
112.	Storks	Ciconiidae	2000
113.	Flamingos	Phoenicopteridae	2000
114.	Ibis, Spoonbills and other members of the ciconiformes order		400
Order Columbiformes
114.1	Pigeon	Columbidae	80
Order Coraciiformes
115.	Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) and other members of the alcedinidae family		150
116.	Motmot (Momotus momota)	Momotidae	4000
117.	Hornbill (Tockus flavirostris)	Bucerotidae	4000
118.	Other members of the coraciiformes order		150
Order Crocodylia
119.	Crocodiles, Alligators and other members of the crocodylia order		1000
Order Cuculiformes
120.	Touracos, Cuckoos and other members of the cuculiformes order		1000

Order Dermoptera
121.	Flying Lemurs (Cynocephalus species) and other members of the dermoptera order		2000
Order Falconiformes
122.	Eagles, Falcons and other members of the falconiformes order		3000
Order Galliformes
123.	Pheasants, guinea fowl and other members of the galliformes order (except those referred to in items 10 and 11)		500
Order Gruiformes
124.	Cranes and other members of the gruiformes order		2000
Order Hyracoidae
125.	Hyraxes and other members of the hyracoidae order		500
Order Marsupialla
126.	Kangaroo (Macropus species)	Macropodidae	2000
127.	Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)	Macropodidae	2000
128.	Other members of the macropodidae family		2000
129.	Koala (Phascolaretus cinereus)	Phascolarctidae	3000
130.	Other members of the marsupiallia order		3000
Order Monotremata
131.	Echidna or Spiny Anteater (Tachyglossus)	Tachyglossidae	750
132.	Duck-billed Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)	Ornithorhynchidae	2000
133.	Other members of the ornithorhynchidae family		2000
134.	Other members of the monotremata order		750
Order Passeriformes
135.	Finches, Starlings, Shrikes and other members of the passeriformes order		300
Order Perissodactyla
136.	Zebras, donkeys and other members of the equidae family		4000
137.	Tapirs and other members of the tapiridae family		4000
138.	Rhinoceros	Rhinocerotidae	4000
139.	Other members of the perissodactyla order		2750
Order Pholidota
140.	Scaly anteaters and other members of the pholidota order		500
Order Piciformes
141.	Barbets, woodpeckers and other members of the piciformes order		300
Order Pinnipedia
142.	Sea Lions, Seals and other members of the pinnipedia order		4000
Order Primates
143.	Monkeys, Gorillas and other members of the primate order		4000
Order Proboscidea
144.	Elephants and other members of the proboscidea order		4000
Order Psittaciformes
145.	Parrots, Parakeets, Macaws and other members of the psittaciformes order		4000
Order Reptilia
146.	Snakes and other members of the reptilia order		300
Order Rheiformes
147.	Members of the rheiformes order other than those referred to in items 26 and 27		1500
Order Sirenia
148.	Manatees, Sea Cows, Dugongs and other members of the sirenia order		4000
Order Sphenisciformes
149.	Penguins and other members of the sphenisciformes order		4000
Order Strigiformes
150.	Owls and other members of the strigiformes order		300
Order Tubilidentata
151.	Aardvarks (Orycteropyus afer) and other members of the tubilidentata order		1000
Order Xenarthra
152.	Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)	Myrmecophagidae	4000
153.	Other members of the myrmecophagidae family		4000
154.	Three-toed Tree Sloth (Bradypus species)	Bradypodidae	500
155.	Giant Armadillo (Pridontes maximus)	Dasypodidae	500
156.	Other members of the xenarthra order		500

SOR/2003-257, ss. 2(E), 3(E); SOR/2004-151, s. 1.


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