I emailed the Joe. Nelson about the doug situation,
Supervisory, Program Specialist
USDA APHIS Animal Care
Eastern Region Office

and this is what they said Below is an excerpt from;

Title 9 -- Animals  and Animal Products
Chapter 1 -- Animal and Plant Health  Inspection Service, Department of
Agriculture
PART 2 -- REGULATIONS
Subpart A -- Licensing

Please use the below link to review the complete regulation. Animals
used for "food and fiber" are not covered by UADA APHIS Animal Care.
If you have any further questions please contact this office at
919-855-7106.

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ac/publications/AWR/PART2.HTML

(3) The following persons are exempt from the licensing requirements
under section 2 or section 3 of the Act:

(i) Retail pet stores which sell nondangerous, pet-type animals, such
as dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, gophers, domestic
ferrets, chinchilla, rats, and mice, for pets, at retail only:
Provided, That, Anyone wholesaling any animals, selling any animals for
research or exhibition, or selling any wild, exotic, or nonpet animals
retail, must have a license;

(ii) Any person who sells or negotiates the sale or purchase of any
animal except wild or exotic animals, dogs, or cats, and who derives no
more than $500 gross income from the sale of such animals to a research
facility, an exhibitor, a dealer, or a pet store during any calendar
year and is not otherwise required to obtain a license;

(iii) Any person who maintains a total of three (3) or fewer breeding
female dogs, cats, and/or small exotic or wild mammals, such as
hedgehogs, degus, spiny mice, prairie dogs, flying squirrels, and
jerboas, and who sells only the offspring of these dogs, cats, or
small exotic or wild mammals, which were born and raised on his or her
premises, for pets or exhibition, and is not otherwise required to
obtain a license. This exemption does not extend to any person residing
in a household that collectively maintains a total of more than three
breeding female dogs, cats, and/or small exotic or wild mammals,
regardless of ownership, nor to any person maintaining breeding female
dogs, cats, and/or small exotic or wild mammals on premises on which
more than three breeding female dogs, cats, and/or small exotic or wild
mammals are maintained, nor to any person acting in concert with others
where they collectively maintain a total of more than three breeding
female dogs, cats, and/or small exotic or wild mammals regardless of
ownership;

(iv) Any person who sells fewer than 25 dogs and/or cats per year,
which were born and raised on his or her premises, for research,
teaching, or testing purposes or to any research facility and is not
otherwise required to obtain a license. This exemption does not extend
to any person residing in a household that collectively sells 25 or
more dogs and/or cats, regardless of ownership, nor to any person
acting in concert with others where they collectively sell 25 or more
dogs and/or cats, regardless of ownership. The sale of any dog or cat
not born and raised on the premises for research purposes requires a
license;

(v) Any person who arranges for transportation or transports animals
solely for the purpose of breeding, exhibiting in purebred shows,
boarding (not in association with commercial transportation), grooming,
or medical treatment, and is not otherwise required to obtain a
license;

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(vi) Any person who buys, sells, transports, or negotiates the sale,
purchase, or transportation of any animals used only for the purposes
of food or fiber (including fur);

Joe.  Nelson 
Supervisory, Program  Specialist 
USDA APHIS Animal Care  
Eastern Region  Office


Sincerely,
James Barr
Zilla's Fuzzy Friends Ferret  Rescue and Shelter 
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