68A-6.01210. Standard Caging Requirements for Cervids, Bovids, and Suids  


Effective on Monday, September 30, 2019
  • 1In addition to the enclosure requirements for this paragraph, each enclosure shall have a shelter(s).

    16(1) Cervids (deer family) and cursorial bovids (antelope).

    24(a) Large (e.g., elk, sambar, red deer, sable antelope, eland, wildebeest, and deer and antelope of similar size).

    42For one or two animals, a paddock enclosing 1,250 square feet, 8 feet high. For each additional animal, increase paddock by 25 percent of the original footage.

    70(b) Medium (e.g., white-tailed, fallow, axis, sika, pronghorn, deer and antelope of similar size).

    84For one or two animals, a paddock enclosing 800 square feet, 8 feet high. For each additional animal, increase paddock by 25 percent of the original footage.

    111(c) Small (e.g., roe, dikdik, muntjac, brocket, pudu, Chinese water deer, musk deer, deer and antelope of similar size).

    130For one or two animals, a paddock enclosing 450 square feet, 5 feet high. For each additional animal, increase paddock by 25 percent of the original footage.

    157(2) Large non-cusorial bovids (e.g. wild cattle, African buffalo, bison).

    167For one or two animals, a paddock enclosing 1,250 square feet, 6 feet high. For each additional animal, increase paddock by 25 percent of the original footage.

    195(3) Wild swine (Suidae) and peccaries.

    201For one or two animals, a paddock enclosing 200 square feet, 4 feet high. For each additional animal, increase paddock by 25 percent of the original footage.

    228Rulemaking Authority Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. Law Implemented Art. IV, Sec. 9, Fla. Const. History–New 9-30-19.