(1) Permits are required on all swine, zoo, fur-bearing, and other wild and/or exotic animals, ratites, camelids, cervids, passerine birds, psittacine birds, and all other avian except poultry entering the State of Arkansas.
(2) Rodeo bulls are required to have an entry permit.
(3) Permits are also required on all cattle entering Arkansas from any state that is not a tuberculosis-free state, unless that state has a reciprocal agreement with Arkansas.
(b) Requests for all permits, when required shall be directed to the Arkansas Board of Animal Health, P.O. Box 8505, #1 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, AR 72215, and shall contain the following information:
(1) Number and kind of animals;
(2) Origin of shipment;
(3) Proposed date of shipment;
(4) Destination of shipment (complete address);
(5) Name and address of consignor and consignee; and
(6) Method of transportation.
(c)
(1) Permits shall be issued upon the condition that the consignee, owner, or purchaser hold the imported livestock, upon arrival in this state, pending compliance with the provisions of the permit.
(2) Animals are not to be diverted en route.
(d) All permits are invalid unless accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection except owner-shipper permits.
(e) Owner-shipper permits (certificates) shall be valid only for shipments of livestock from a farm of origin in an adjacent state to federally inspected stockyards, specifically approved markets, or to approved slaughtering establishments for immediate slaughter.