by Martin Odd » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:36 pm
You would need a permit to keep them privately, however if you use them in shows, or have them on public display you would need a performing animal license as well. These are issued annually by your local magistrate, and involves an inspection by the SPCA or AACL, and a certificate from the police, stating that their are no animal cruelty charges against you. The Performing Animals Protection Act covers this. I work with birds in a show enviroment, and have to have a license for the birds from the magistrate, a transport permit for the birds from Cape Nature which is renewed annualy and the captivity permit for the reptiles and the birds. What I find quite disturbing is that the only animals not covered by the PAPA act are reptiles, even here in the Western Cape. Even security guards with a guard dog have to have a PAPA license.