FUR-FARMING LEGISLATION 179 



QUEBEC 



An Act Relating to Foxes and Other Fur-bearing Animals 

 Kept in Captivity 



2 Geo. V, Chap. 45 



(Assented to Dec. 21, 1912) 



WHEREAS certain persons in the Province of Quebec have engaged 

 in the business of raising or breeding foxes and other fur-bearing 

 animals kept in captivity; 



Whereas it is desirable to encourage this industry, as well because 

 of the diminishing supply of our most valuable furs, as of the rich 

 source of profit which this industry has proved itself to be in some 

 of the sister provinces; 



Whereas it is essential to the successful breeding of these animals 

 in captivity that they should be protected from disturbance by strangers, 

 or persons other than the owner or keeper of the said animals; 



Therefore, His Majesty, with the advice and consent of the Legis- 

 lative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, enacts 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 or enclosure 

 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. No offence will be committed, however, by any neighbour- 

 ing proprietor or occupant who approaches within such distance in the 

 execution of work recognized or imposed by law or by municipal by-laws. 



2. Any person convicted of an offence against Section 1 of this 

 Act, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars nor less than five 

 dollars and in default of payment of such fine and the costs to imprison- 

 ment for a term not exceeding three months nor less than one month. 



3. Everyone is guilty of an offence and liable to the penalty here- 

 after provided who at any time hereafter, 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 for- 



