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Policy #2: Submission of Traveling Exhibitor Itinerary
Rescinded 1/29/2013: New requirement in 9 CFR §2.126(c)
Issue Date: March 25, 2011
References:
AWA Sections 2143, 2147
History:
Replaces policy dated April 14, 1997.
Justification:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Animal Care (AC) has been provided the authority to require records or reports that are needed to effectively enforce the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). In order for licensed traveling facilities to comply with the requirement of readily available access to the premises by the APHIS inspector, APHIS must be kept apprised of the location of the facility.
Policy:
Exhibitors who are in continuous travel status should update their itinerary as often as necessary to ensure AC knows their whereabouts at all times.
Circuses, petting zoos, and animal acts with an established route should notify AC in advance of departing their home facility and update travel information as needed.
Exhibitors who take animals from their facilities from time to time should notify AC when any animal is gone more than four (4) consecutive days. Upon request, a licensee shall provide an itinerary of absences of less than four (4) days.
Providing notification ensures the opportunity for access for an unannounced inspection, eliminates unnecessary AC visits when a licensee has been inspected recently, and minimizes resources needed to locate the exhibitor.
The itinerary should provide the following:
Similar information should be provided for all periods of “lay-over” while traveling.
The licensee may provide this information to AC by any of the following methods:
9 CFR, Part 2, Sections 2.8, 2.125, 2.126
Notice should be made in advance of travel and updated as changes or additions occur.
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