V. Canadian Legislation Respecting Fur-Farming 
NEW BRUNSWICK 
An Act RELATING TO FoxEs AND OTHER FuUR-BEARING 
ANIMALS Kept IN Captivity 
Wig certain persons in the Province of New Brunswick 
have engaged in the business of raising or breeding foxes and 
other fur-bearing animals kept in captivity, and it is desirable to pro- 
tect the said animals from being disturbed by strangers or persons other 
than the owner or keeper of said animals; 
Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and Legislative 
Assembly, as follows: 
1. Every one is guilty of an offence and liable to the penalty here- 
inafter provided who at any time hereafter, in any part of the Province, 
without the consent of the owner or caretaker of a ranch or enclosure 
where foxes or other fur-bearing animals are kept in captivity for breed- 
ing purposes, shall approach or enter upon the private grounds of 
the owner or owners of the said animals within a distance of twenty- 
five yards from the outer fence or enclosure within which the pens or 
dens of the said animals are located and upon which said fence, notices 
forbidding trespassing on the said premises are kept posted so as to 
be plainly discernible at the said distance of not less than twenty-five 
yards. 
2. Any person convicted of an offence against Section 1 of this 
Act shall be liable to a fine of not exceeding $50.00, nor less than $5,00, 
and in default of payment of such fines to imprisonment for a term 
not exceeding three months, nor less than one month. 
3. Every one is guilty of an offence and liable to the penalty 
hereinafter provided who at any time hereinafter, in any part of the 
Province, without the consent of the owner or caretaker of any enclosure 
within which foxes or other fur-bearing animals are kept fo. breeding 
purposes, and on the outer fence of which enclosure are kept posted 
notices forbidding trespassing on the premises where the said animals 
are kept, and plainly discernible at a distance of not less than twenty- 
five yards therefrom, shall pass within the said fence of such enclosure 
or climb over, break o1 cut through the same for the purpose of entering 
the said enclosure. 
