V. Canadian Legislation Respecting Fur-Farming 



NEW BRUNSWICK 



An Act Eelating to Foxes and Other Fur-Bearing 

 Animals Kept in Captivity 



WHEREAS, 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 ofEence 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 for 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 or cut through the same for the purpose of entering 

 the said enclosure. 



