29 recommendations for the province from the Exotic Animal Task Force stemming form the tragic strangulation deaths of Connor and Noah Barthe in Campbellton nearly two years ago by an African Rock python.
The recommendations include an implementation committee to develop a policy and process for communicating the roles and responsibilities of all agencies involved in the care and control of exotic species.
The immediate, province-wide inspection of all sites involved in the public display, retail, research and scientific study and commercial farming of exotic animals.
Task force chair Bruce Dougan, who also manages the Magnetic Hill zoo, believes the report will help strengthen existing laws and regulations and he feels this will be a learning curve for the general public when it comes to exotic animals.
The Department of Natural Resources has accepted all of the recommendations and will create a committee to implement them.
To see the complete list of recommendations, click here
