2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 19A - Protection of Animals.
§ 19A-11. Inapplicable to bona fide zoos, etc.
§ 19A‑11. Inapplicable to bona fide zoos, etc.
The provisions of this Article shall not apply to bona fide zoos which are operated by federal, State, or local governmental agencies, or to educational institutions in which black bears are kept or exhibited as part of a bona fide course of training or research in the natural sciences, or to black bears held without caging under conditions simulating a natural habitat, the development of which is in accord with plans and specifications developed by the holder and approved by the Wildlife Resources Commission. (1975, c. 56, s. 2.)
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