Michigan Laws 287.384 – Unlawful sale or transportation of animals; dealers’ licenses needed
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 287.384
- Cat: means a domestic cat of any age of the species Felis catus. See Michigan Laws 287.381
- Dealer: means a person that for compensation or profit delivers for transportation, transports, boards, buys, or sells dogs or cats for research purposes. See Michigan Laws 287.381
- Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 287.381
- Dog: means a domestic dog of any age of the species Canis lupus familiaris. See Michigan Laws 287.381
- Research facility: means a school, hospital, laboratory, institution, organization, or person that is licensed or otherwise registered with the United States Department of Agriculture, that uses or intends to use a laboratory animal in laboratory research, and that does 1 or both of the following:
(i) Purchases or transports laboratory animals. See Michigan Laws 287.381
It shall be unlawful for any dealer to sell or offer to sell or to transport to any research facility any dog or cat, or to buy, sell, offer to buy or sell, transport or offer for transportation to another dealer under this act any such animal, unless and until such dealer shall have obtained a license from the director in accordance with this act and such rules as the director may prescribe pursuant to this act, and such license shall not have been suspended or revoked.