The Difference between a Class B breeder and a Class C breeder..........

LICENSING REQUIREMENTS

Regulated activities involving regulated species of animals require a USDA dealers license. [1.1, 2.1]

Criteria 

Any person operating or desiring to operate as a dealer must have a valid Class A (breeder) or Class B (broker) license. [2.1(a)(1)]

Classes of Licenses Class A License
A dealer with a Class A license may conduct business involving: [1.1] only animals that are bred and raised on his/her premises in a closed or stable colony, and animals acquired for the sole purpose of maintaining or enhancing the breeding colony

The following activities require a Class A license: selling of domestic dogs or cats to a

•  pet shop
    broker
•  dealer
  
•   exhibitor
  
•  research facility
  NOTE: Persons with 3 or less breeding females are exempt. selling of 25 or more dogs or cats or any combination thereof to a research facility selling of more than $500 per calendar year of non- dangerous pet type animals to a:

• <  pet shop
  
• <  broker
  
• <  dealer
  
• <  exhibitor
  
• <  research facility
   selling of any wild/exotic animals, excluding hoofstock, for:

• <  pets
  
• <  exhibition
  
• <  research
  

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Animal Care Resource Guide Dealer Inspection Guide
selling of wild/exotic hoofstock, such as deer, elk, bison, if: < the sales are for regulated purposes, such as:
 pets
 biomedical researchnonagricultural exhibition, and more than 10 animals are sold for regulated purposes in a 12-month period
Example: A person who normally raises and sells deer for meat sells a lot of 12 deer to an exhibitor.
selling of farm animals if: the sales are for regulated purposes, such as: pets
 biomedical research nonagricultural exhibition, and

•  more than 10 animals are sold for regulated purposes in a 12-month period, and
  
•   the animals sold for regulated purposes are a majority of all the animals sold in the 12-month period
  Example: During 1999, a pig farmer sold a total of 900 pigs. Of these 900 pigs, 500 were sold to a research facility that is using the pigs for human heart transplant research.
  

Class B License

A dealer with a Class B license may conduct business involving:

animals bred and raised on his/her premises
the purchase and/or resale of any regulated animal NOTE: A license is required whether or not the dealer takes physical possession or control of the animal. negotiating the purchase or sale of any regulated
animal
the exhibition of regulated animals as a minor part of his/her business
the transportation in commerce for compensation animals not bred and raised on his/her premises
NOTE: A Class A dealer who wants to transport for
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compensation animals other than his/her own animals must change to a Class B license.

The following activities require a Class B license: wholesale selling of domestic dogs or cats to a

• <  pet shop
  
• <  broker
  
• <  dealer
  
• <  exhibitor
  

 wholesale selling of dogs for:

• <  hunting
  
• <  security
  
• <  breeding
  

wholesale selling of dogs or cats to a research facilitywholesale selling of more than $500 per calendar year of
non-dangerous pet type animals to a:

• <  pet shop
  
• <  broker
  
• <  dealer
  
• <  exhibitor
  
• <  research facility
  

wholesale selling of pet animals by a pet storeselling of wild/exotic animals by a pet store transporting in commerce for compensation animals not
bred and raised on the transporter’s premises.
NOTE: A Class A dealer who wants to transport for compensation animals other than his/her own animals must change to a Class B license.
 operating a wild/exotic animal auction wholesale selling of any wild/exotic animals for:

•  pets
  
•  exhibition
  
•  research
  

 acquiring live covered animals which subsequently die or are euthanized and selling the animals for:

•  research
  
•  teaching
  exhibition

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acquiring dead dogs/cats (or parts):

from sources other than:

a USDA licensed dealer, or a State, county or municipal pound/shelter, and
selling the dogs/cats or parts for: research teaching exhibition