National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004)

Regulations

Regulations pertaining to threatened or protected terrestrial species and freshwater species, 2023 - effective 1 April 2023

Section A: Provisions relating to Listed Threatened or Protected Species

Chapter 3 : Registration of Captive Breeding Facilities, Rehabilitation Facilities, Sanctuaries, Temporary Holding Facilities, Scientific Institutions, Commercial Exhibition Facilities, Nurseries, Game Farms and Wildlife Translocators

Part 1 - Registration of persons or facilities

44. Compulsory information to be submitted with an application for the registration of a game farm
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In addition to the information contemplated in regulation 38(2) of these Regulations, an application for the registration of a game farm must include the following information:

 

(a)size of the undivided portion of the property that will provide natural vegetation to specimens of the listed threatened or protected species to which the application relates;

 

(b)details of the number and age (if known or appropriate) of males and females of each listed threatened or protected species currently kept on the game farm;

 

(c)a copy of the certificate of adequate enclosure or comparable document issued by the provincial issuing authority in terms of provincial conservation legislation or in terms of the Game Theft Act;

 

(d)past, current and expected annual production of offspring and, where possible, information on the number of females producing offspring each year;

 

(e) an assessment of the anticipated need for, and source of, additional specimens to supplement the breeding stock to increase the genetic pool of the population in order to avoid harmful inbreeding;

 

(f)detailed description of the marking methods used (if any);

 

(g)details regarding measures / strategies to prevent hybridization; and

 

(h)description of the strategies used by the owner of the game farm, if any, that will contribute to improving the conservation status of the species.