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There is a written Program of Veterinary Care from the owners veterinarian in Montana. This veterinarian is going to remain as her primary veterinarian visiting at least twice a year. A second veterinarian for emergency purposes and hands on treatment is required. A written Program of Veterinary Care describing which animals will be seen and medical care provided by the emergency veterinarian needs to be completed.

Although this facility mostly conducts guided tours, it is arranged as a walk-through animal exhibit. One exhibit(cid:25)s barrier consists of trees with a single thick rope about 3 feet high between them. This serves as a visual barrier, but does not prevent people and especially small children from going past the rope and up to enclosure. All enclosures housing animals are required to have barriers that prevent the public from directly accessing the enclosure. These barriers should be sturdy enough to prevent the public (adults and children) from climbing over, under, around, or through them to assure the safety of the animals and the public.

The public barriers in front of the primates are not adequate to prevent physical contact between the public and the nonhuman primates. The capuchin and brown lemur are in separate enclosures on either side of a sheltered building leading to a large room housing animals. Some panels of metal fencing are loosely placed in front of these cages to serve as barriers. These are inadequate as they are easily moveable and they are too close to the primates cages. A metal fence of sufficient height is in front of the two outdoor cages housing the 2 ring tailed lemurs and the one vervet, but the fence is incomplete and easy to walk around. If public members come into the indoor large animal room with the two bush babies, then a barrier is needed to keep the public from coming into contact with the primates. All barriers need to be adequate to protect the public and the animals.

There is no separate 6 foot perimeter fence at least 3 feet away from the primary enclosure for the yak in a front pasture housed with several horses, nor for the young camel housed with the two llamas in an enclosure which has one side consisting of part of the six foot perimeter fence for the rest of the exotic animals. Either a separate perimeter fence needs to be built or a variance from the perimeter fence requirement needs to be requested and approved.