---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 520.4"
title: "36"
number: "520.4"
heading: "Protection of zoo animals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/520.4"
---

# §520.4. Protection of zoo animals.


Except for official purposes, no person shall:

- (a) Kill, injure, or disturb any exhibit or research animal by any means except to secure personal safety;
- (b) Pet, attempt to pet, handle, move, or remove exhibit or research animals;
- (c) Feed exhibit or research animals, except in strict accordance with authorized signs;
- (d) Catch, attempt to catch, trap, remove, or kill any free roaming animals inhabiting the premises;
- (e) Go over, under, between, or otherwise cross any guardrail, fence, moat, wall, or any other safety barrier; or to seat, stand, or hold children over any of the above-mentioned barriers;
- (f) Throw or toss rocks, or any other missiles into, from, or while on premises;
- (g) Bring strollers, baby carriages, or other conveyances, except wheel chairs, into exhibit buildings and public restrooms;
- (h) Engage in ball games, or any athletic activity, except in places as may be officially designated for such purposes;
- (i) Smoke or carry lighted cigarettes, cigars, or pipes into exhibit buildings, or to have a fire of any kind on the premises; or
- (j) Damage, deface, pick, or remove any herb, shrub, bush, tree, or turf, or portion thereof, on the premises.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 1-9, 65 Stat. 634, as amended, secs. 1-4, 78 Stat. 365; 40 U.S.C. 193n-193w.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 17175, Nov. 20, 1968, unless otherwise noted.