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3. Enclosures In or On Vehicles <br />a. Enclosures (including compartments or <br />cages, cartons, or Crates . ) used to transport animals are to be <br />well constructed, well ventilated, and designed in such a way to <br />protect the health and insure the safety of the animals. <br />b. These enclosures must be constructed or <br />placed on the vehicles so that: <br />i) every animal in the vehicle has suffi- <br />cient fresh air for normal breathing, <br />ii) the openings of these enclosures must <br />be easily accessible for emergency removals at all times, <br />iii) the animals must be adequately <br />protected from the elements, including heat and old. <br />iv) the animals must be adequately <br />protected from one another. <br />co Only animals of the same species shall be <br />transported in the same enclosure. Puppies and kittens under six <br />(6) months of age shall not be transported in the same enclosure <br />with adult animals, other than their mother. <br />d. Each enclosure used to transport animals <br />shall be large enough for each animal to stand erect, sit, turn <br />about freely and lie down in a normal Position. <br />e. Animals shall not be placed in enclosures <br />over other animals while being transported unless each enclosure <br />is so constructed to prevent animal excreta . from entering the <br />other enclosures. <br />33 <br />