Fur Buyers, Hide Dealers and Taxidermists Regulations
made under Section 113 of the
Wildlife Act
R.S.N.S 1989, c. 504
O.I.C. 87-1183 (effective September 29, 1987), N.S. Reg. 207/1987
amended to O.I.C. 2026-27 (effective January 26, 2026), N.S. Reg. 24/2026
Table of Contents
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Citation
Definitions
Types of licence/fee
Storage permit
Fur buyer records
Buying/selling wildlife
Taxidermists
Terms and conditions of licence
Repeal of old regulations
Effective date of new regulations
Citation
1 These regulations may be cited as the Fur Buyers, Hide Dealers and Taxidermists
Regulations.
Definitions
2 In these regulations
“Act” means the Wildlife Act, R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 504;
“Department” means the Department of Natural Resources;
“Fur Buyer Licence” means a licence issued pursuant to these regulations
conferring the privilege on the holder thereof to engage in the business of buying
and selling skins, pelts or other parts of furbearing animals and bear;
“Hide Dealer Licence” means a licence issued pursuant to these regulations
conferring the privilege on the holder thereof to engage in the business of buying
and selling the hides of deer and moose;
“Minister” means the Minister of Natural Resources;
“Taxidermist Licence” means a licence issued pursuant to these regulations
conferring the privilege of the holder thereof to engage in the business of the
preservation or mounting of wildlife or parts thereof.
Types of licence/fee
3 (1) The Minister may issue the following forms of licences for the fees specified:
Form of Licence
|
Fee
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Fur Buyers Licence
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$62.34
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Hide Dealer Licence
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$24.96
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Taxidermist Licence
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$24.96
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(2) An applicant for a Fur Buyer Licence or a Hide Dealer Licence shall file a
statement with the Minister stating
(a) the name and the address of the applicant;
(b) the applicant is 19 years of age or over;
(c) the form of licence that is requested;
(d) the location of the warehouses, shops or other buildings where the pelts,
skins or hides are to be stored; and
(e) the place from which the pelts, skins or hides are to be shipped out of the
Province.
(3) The holder of a Fur Buyer Licence or Hide Dealer Licence shall file immediately
with the Minister a statement stating any changes which may occur with respect to
the information supplied in subsection (2).
(4) The Minister may authorize an employee of the Department to issue licences
pursuant to these regulations.
(5) No licence is valid unless it bears the signature of an employee so authorized by
the Minister.
(6) A licence issued under these regulations expires as follows:
(a) for a licence issued before March 31 of a calendar year, on March 31 of the
next calendar year; and
(b) for a licence issued on or after March 31 of a calendar year, on March 31 of
the second calendar year after it is issued.
Storage permit
4 (1) A valid licence issued pursuant to these regulations authorizes the holder thereof to
have in their possession or keep in cold storage the skins or pelts of furbearing
animals, the hides of deer or moose, or other dead wildlife or parts thereof lawfully
taken pursuant to the Act and these regulations.
(2) No licensed fur buyer shall have in their possession any wildlife which is required
to be sealed or stamped pursuant to the Act or any regulations made pursuant to the
Act unless that wildlife is sealed or stamped.
Fur buyer records
5 (1) A person licensed as a fur buyer under these regulations shall keep a true and
accurate record of all wildlife and the skins, pelts or hides thereof received by that
person.
(2) The record shall include
(a) the number and specie of skins, pelts, hides or wildlife or parts thereof
received;
(b) the name, address and licence number of the person from whom the items
were bought or otherwise acquired;
(c) the date of the purchase or acquisition; and
(d) the disposition of the skins, pelts, hides or wildlife or parts thereof.
(3) All such entries shall be made as soon as possible after the purchase or sale and
such records shall be open to inspection by a conservation officer.
(4) Unless directed otherwise, a report shall be filed with the Department at such times
as required by the Minister showing
(a) the number and specie of pelts, skins, hides or wildlife or parts thereof
received;
(b) the name, address and licence number of the person from whom the items
were received;
(c) the number and species of pelts, skins or hides sold;
(d) the name and address of each person to whom the item was delivered or
sold; and
(e) where there are no pelts, skins or hides or wildlife or parts thereof bought or
otherwise acquired, submit a report to the Department stating this fact.
Buying/selling wildlife
6 (1) The holder of a valid Fur Harvesters Licence may sell the skins or pelts or parts
thereof of furbearing animals lawfully taken, to a licensed fur buyer.
(2) The holder of a valid deer hunting licence or moose hunting licence may sell the
hide of a deer or moose lawfully taken, to a licensed hide dealer.
(3) The holder of a valid bear hunting licence or bear snaring licence may sell the hide,
gall, paws, claws or teeth of a bear to a licensed fur buyer.
(4) No person shall have in their possession a green hide of a polar bear unless the
official seal of the Province or Canadian territory is attached to it.
7 [repealed]
Taxidermists
8 (1) A person licensed to carry on the business of taxidermist shall keep a true and
accurate record of all wildlife, skins, pelts or hides or parts thereof of wildlife
received by that person for the purpose of curing, mounting or storing the same.
(2) The record shall show
(a) the date the wildlife or parts thereof was received;
(b) the licence number or authority under which they are possessed;
(c) the date they were killed or taken; and
(d) the name and address of the owner of the wildlife.
(3) The holder of a Taxidermist Licence shall if requested by the Department provide a
copy of any records required to be kept under the regulations.
(4) The record noted in subsection (1) shall be open to inspection to any conservation
officer.
(5) No person who is the holder of a Taxidermist Licence shall receive or possess
wildlife unless the person delivering the same furnishes proof to the holder of the
Taxidermist Licence that the wildlife was lawfully taken pursuant to the Act and
regulations made thereunder.
Terms and conditions of licence
9 It shall be an offence for any person to contravene any terms or conditions contained in
any licence issued under these regulations.
10 [repealed]
Repeal of old regulations
11 Regulations made by Order in Council 75-143 dated the 26th day of August, 1975,
respecting fur buyers, hide dealers and taxidermists are rescinded as of the 29th day of
September, 1987.
Effective date of new regulations
12 These regulations shall come into force on and after the 29th day of September, 1987.
The following regulations are not yet in force and are
not included in the current consolidation: