As used in this Part 5, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ANIMAL CARE FACILITY
An animal control center or animal shelter maintained by
or under contract with any state, county or municipality, whose mission
and practice is, in whole or significant part, the rescue and placement
of animals in permanent homes or rescue organizations.
BREEDER
A business or person who displays, offers for sale, delivers,
barters, auctions, gives away, transfers, or sells dogs, cats or rabbits
from the premises on which they were bred and reared.
CERTIFICATE OF SOURCE
A document from an animal care facility or rescue organization,
declaring itself to be the source of the dog, cat or rabbit on the
premises of a pet shop, retail business, or other commercial establishment.
The certificate of source shall include the name and address of the
source organization, the name and address of the pet shop or other
commercial establishment, and a written description, photograph, and
license number (if applicable) of each dog, cat or rabbit identified.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any for-profit business enterprise, including a sole proprietorship,
other than a breeder. This term includes, but is not limited to, businesses
engaged in retail or wholesale commerce related to dogs, cats and
rabbits; grooming parlors, canine day care, and boarding facilities.
PET SHOP
Any business or person that acquires dogs, cats, rabbits
or any other animal for the purpose of resale, whether as owner, agent
or cosignee.
RESCUE ORGANIZATION
Any nonprofit organization that is exempt from taxation under
Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3), whose mission and practice
is, in whole or in significant part, the rescue and placement of dogs,
cats or rabbits in permanent homes.
Any person or legal entity who is required to have a license
to sell animals and/or a kennel license under a local ordinance, the
Pennsylvania Dog Law, the Federal Animal Welfare Act, or any other
local, county, state or federal law or regulation, and who offers
an animal for sale in a newspaper, posting, through the mail, over
the Internet or through any other form of media or advertisement,
shall prominently include within the text of any such advertisement
each applicable license number, along with the name and address of
the licensed person or legal entity, as registered with the licensing
agency.