Michigan Laws 287.389 – Sales by public auction or by weight; disposal of unclaimed dogs and cats, maximum price
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 287.389
- 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
- Dog: means a domestic dog of any age of the species Canis lupus familiaris. See Michigan Laws 287.381
- Person: means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity. 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
Dogs and cats shall not be offered for sale or sold to a research facility at public auction or by weight; or purchased by a research facility at public auction or by weight. A research facility shall not purchase any dogs or cats except from a licensed dealer, public dog pound, humane society, or from a person who breeds or raises dogs or cats for sale. Any county, city, village or township operating a dog pound or animal shelter may sell for an amount not to exceed $10.00 per animal or otherwise dispose of unclaimed or unwanted dogs and cats to a Michigan research facility.