Section 12.08. Prohibited conduct.

  No person may:

(1)  Knowingly make any false report or statement to the department concerning:

(a) The ownership, identification, age, vaccination status, test status, or health status of livestock; or

(b) The purchase, sale, or movement of an animal.

(2)  Sell or move any animal in violation [of] ch. ATCP 10 or this chapter, or any order issued under ch. ATCP 10 or this chapter.

(3)  Buy, sell, lease, or exchange animals in the name of any person other than a licensed animal dealer, a licensed animal market operator, or the person holding or acquiring an ownership or leasehold interest in the animal.

(4)  Transport any animal without certificates of veterinary inspection, permits, or other documents required by this chapter, ch. ATCP 10 , or ch. 169 , Stats.

(5)  Fail or refuse, upon reasonable demand by any authorized agent of the department, to permit the examination of:

(a) Animals in transit; or

(b) Health or shipping documents accompanying animals in transit.

(6)  Fail to provide, within 10 days following the receipt of a written request from the department, any relevant report or document relating to the transportation of animals or any official individual identification of an animal purchased, sold, or transported. The department may extend the compliance deadline under this subsection for good cause shown.

(7)  Knowingly cause or permit a susceptible healthy animal to commingle with a diseased animal while in transit, unless the entire load of animals is shipped directly to a slaughtering establishment for slaughter, or the commingling is authorized by the department.

(8)  Cause or permit the commingling of different animal species during transit if the animals are not of a comparable size, or if one species may pose a known disease threat to the other species.

(9)  Advertise or claim to be licensed as an animal market operator, animal dealer, or animal trucker unless the claim or advertisement is true.

(10)  Receive interstate shipments of bovine animals or swine as a federally approved livestock marketing facility unless the market qualifies as a federally approved livestock marketing facility under s. ATCP 10.07 (4) .

(12)  Use any brand or tattoo device for official identification purposes, without authorization from the department.

(13)  Park or store a vehicle containing animal remains or animal waste in any place where it creates a health hazard or a public nuisance.

(14)  Deposit animal remains or animal waste in any place where the deposit creates a health hazard or public nuisance.

(15)  Conduct business as an animal dealer without carrying or posting a dealer identification card issued by the department. The dealer identification card shall be readily available for inspection upon request.

(16)  Sell, move, or dispose of any live animal that has been tested for a disease identified in ch. ATCP 10 Appendix A or B , before the result of that test is known.

(17)  Transport animals for more than 12 hours without providing potable water.

(18)  Transport equine animals in a vehicle which is not of adequate size.

(19)  Knowingly deliver, for use as food or feed, any animals which:

(a) Contain prohibited residues of drugs, hormones, steroids, antibiotics, pesticides, or other food or feed adulterants.

(b) Have been treated with any product listed under par. (a) , if the delivery violates an applicable withholding period specified on the product label.

(20)  Deliver a downer animal to an animal market, animal dealer, or slaughter plant, or remove a downer animal from an animal market or animal dealer premises, without a drug certificate signed by the animal's current owner.

(21)  Falsify a drug certificate.

(22)  Administer any drug, hormone, steroid, antibiotic, or pesticide to an animal without the owner's knowledge or authorization.

(23)  Make any false statements on any application for an original or renewal license under this chapter.

(24)  Physically assault a department employee while the employee is performing his or her official duties.

(25)  Transport dead livestock, except in compliance with s. 95.72 (7) (a) , Stats.

(26)  Falsify, remove, alter, or tamper with any official identification or official back tag required under this chapter or ch. ATCP 10 .

(27)  Use electric prods on neonatal or other baby animals or hit such animals with any type of solid object that may cause injury, pain or stress to the animal.

History: Cr. Register, December, 1990, No. 420 , eff. 1-1-91; cr. (23), Register, September, 1993, No. 453 , eff. 10-1-93; r. and recr. (2) and (10), r. (11), am. (12), cr. (24), Register, November, 2000, No. 539 , eff. 12-1-00; CR 03-121 : am. (1) (b), (3), (4), (8), (9), (15), (16), (19) (intro.), (20) and (22) Register September 2004 No. 585 , eff. 10-1-04; CR 06-009 : r. and recr. (2), am. (4), (10) and (19) (intro.), cr. (25) and (26) Register September 2006 No. 609 , eff. 10-1-06; CR 07-107 : am. (6) Register November 2008 No. 635 , eff. 12-1-08; CR 08-075 : am. (10) Register April 2009 No. 640 , eff. 5-1-09; CR 11-048 : am. (7), (8), r. and recr. (16) Register July 2012 No. 679 , eff. 8-1-12; CR 15-092 : am. (10), cr. (27) Register July 2016 No. 727 , eff. 10-1-16.

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