Livestock at Large Regulations in British Columbia

Livestock at Large Regulations in British Columbia In British Columbia, there are over 100 Livestock Districts, Bull Control Areas and Pound Districts established by regulation under the Livestock Act. Livestock Districts, with minor exceptions, are areas where livestock may run at large within the district boundaries. Bull Control Areas are areas within Livestock District, in which Bull Control Committees may make rules respecting the number, breed, breeding, quality and age of bulls allowed to run at large. Pound Districts are areas where keepers, peace officers and others may impound animals at large, and allow for the sale of unclaimed impounded animals and the reimbursement of the keeper. The regulations are published in the British Columbia Gazette Part II. The current Index of Current B.C. Regulations provides a complete list. Search Orders in Council from http://BCLaws.ca to view related Orders in Council including metes and bounds descriptions. 2025-04-02 Government of British Columbia Corrine.Roesler@gov.bc.ca Agricultureagriculturelivestock at largelivstock districtpound districtGovernment information Livestock at Large in BC, web map applicationESRI REST https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=48a6e2244903439ea969349fc6bb0c00&extent=-13760281.8493%2C7471826.4517%2C-13267110.1428%2C7711532.9724%2C102100 BC Map Hub Layer (ArcGIS Online)ESRI REST https://governmentofbc.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=da87d66ac4d74212af5bc581688682da Original metadata (https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca)HTML https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/livestock-at-large-regulations-in-british-columbia BC Geographic Warehouse Custom DownloadHTML https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/livestock-at-large-regulations-in-british-columbia/resource/087738dd-7c1a-4e82-864b-3e35aebd7208 ADM_LIVESTOCK_AT_LRG_AREAS_SPKML https://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/kml/geo/layers/WHSE_LEGAL_ADMIN_BOUNDARIES.ADM_LIVESTOCK_AT_LRG_AREAS_SP_loader.kml ADM_LIVESTOCK_AT_LRG_AREAS_SPWMS https://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/geo/pub/WHSE_LEGAL_ADMIN_BOUNDARIES.ADM_LIVESTOCK_AT_LRG_AREAS_SP/ows?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities&layers=pub:WHSE_LEGAL_ADMIN_BOUNDARIES.ADM_LIVESTOCK_AT_LRG_AREAS_SP&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/plain ADM_LIVESTOCK_AT_LRG_AREAS_SPWMS https://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/geo/pub/WHSE_LEGAL_ADMIN_BOUNDARIES.ADM_LIVESTOCK_AT_LRG_AREAS_SP/ows?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities&layers=pub:WHSE_LEGAL_ADMIN_BOUNDARIES.ADM_LIVESTOCK_AT_LRG_AREAS_SP&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/plain

In British Columbia, there are over 100 Livestock Districts, Bull Control Areas and Pound Districts established by regulation under the Livestock Act. Livestock Districts, with minor exceptions, are areas where livestock may run at large within the district boundaries. Bull Control Areas are areas within Livestock District, in which Bull Control Committees may make rules respecting the number, breed, breeding, quality and age of bulls allowed to run at large. Pound Districts are areas where keepers, peace officers and others may impound animals at large, and allow for the sale of unclaimed impounded animals and the reimbursement of the keeper. The regulations are published in the British Columbia Gazette Part II. The current Index of Current B.C. Regulations provides a complete list. Search Orders in Council from http://BCLaws.ca to view related Orders in Council including metes and bounds descriptions.

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