- REGULATORY DIVISION (RegD) SERVICES
1.1 Registration of Animal Facility
Section 2 of the Republic Act No. 8485, otherwise known as “ The Animal Welfare Act of
1998” states that, “No person, association, partnership, corporation, cooperative or any
government agency or instrumentality including slaughterhouses shall establish, maintain and
operate any pet shop, kennel, veterinary clinic, veterinary hospital, stockyard, corral, stud farm
or stock farm or zoo for the breeding, treatment, sale or trading, or training of animals without
first securing from the Bureau ofAnimal Industry (BAI) a certificate of registration therefor.”
1.2 Registration and Accreditation of Transport Carrier
Section 3 of the Republic Act No. 8485, otherwise known as “ The Animal Welfare Act of
1998” states that, “The Director of the Bureau of Animal Industry shall supervise and regulate
the establishment, operation and maintenance of pet shops, kennels, veterinary clinics,
veterinary hospitals, stockyards, corrals, stud farms and zoos and any other form or structure
for the confinement of animals where they are bred, treated, maintained, or kept either for sale
or trade or for training purposes as well as the transport of such animals in any form of public
or private transportation facility in order to provide maximum comfort while in transit and
minimize, if not totally eradicate, incidence of sickness and death and prevent any cruelty from
being inflicted upon the animals”.
Furthermore, Section 4 of the same law specifies that “No public utility shall transport
any such animal without a written permit from the Director of the Bureau of Animal Industry or
his/her authorized representative. No cruel confinement or restraint shall be made on such
animals while being transported. Any form of cruelty shall be penalized even if the transporter
has obtained a permit from the Bureau of Animal Industry. Cruelty in transporting includes
overcrowding, placing of animals in the trunks or under the hood trunks of the vehicles”.
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