Licensed Domestic Game Farm Operators

December 2011

All Saskatchewan domestic game farm operators are licensed and regulated according to The Domestic Game Farm Animal Regulations under The Animal Products Act. The following species are farmed as domestic game farm animals: antelope, caribou, elk, fallow deer, moose, mule deer, reindeer, white-tailed deer, bighorn sheep, thinhorn sheep, mouflon sheep, musk deer and mountain goats.

To obtain a domestic game farm licence, you must submit a Domestic Game Farm Licence Application form and a Saskatchewan Cervid Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Surveillance Enrollment Form. A Sakatchewan domestoc game farm licence is valid for five years, expiring on December 31st of the fifth year. When your property has been purged of all wildlife and inspected and approved by a Game Farm Inspector, you may be issued a licence and allowed to stock with game farm animals.

A game farm operator can be identified by three letters, known as the herd prefix, which are chosen when the application is completed. These letters will be printed on a plastic identification ear tag put into a game farm animal. Metal tags are also used, but will not show the herd prefix. A second tag of your choice is also required.

The information accessible through this site has been compiled from the original records kept in the office of the Livestock Branch, Regina, and includes all active licensed domestic game farm operators in Saskatchewan.

Instructions for Searches by Game Farm Operator or CWD Herd Status

A search for a game farm operator can be conducted by entering an operator name or a farm name or a three-character herd prefix in the appropriate empty field. A search can be conducted for any game farm operators that have a specified herd status level in the Canadian CWD Voluntary Herd Certification Program by selecting a herd status level.

Enter either the name (with the last name first) or the farm name and click on Search or press the Enter key, or
Enter the three-character herd prefix and click on Search or press the Enter key.

1. You may use upper or lower case letters.
2. Do not use apostrophes.
3. If you are unsure of the spelling of a name or only know a partial last name, you may enter part of the name, e.g. entering "Da" will bring up any operator whose last name begins with Da, such as Dale, Daley, Dancsok, etc.
4. A name could be a corporate or farm name or a proper name, e.g. Overland Deer Farm Ltd., Joe's Elk Farm or Smith Joe, so you may have to try more than one name.
5. To retrieve a list showing all game farm operators, enter the wildcard symbol, which is the per cent sign, %, in any one of the fields.
6. Some game farm licences are under joint names. If a search does not bring up the name that you are looking for, use a wildcard and the last name or part of the last name, e.g. conway will not retrieve BROAD B & CONWAY M, but entering "%conway" will.
7. To conduct another search, go to the bottom of the retrieval screen and enter new information.

For more information:

• Licensing Officer - Phone (306) 787-4682, Fax (306) 787-1315, or e-mail carol.lenton@gov.sk.ca
• Cervid Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Surveillance Program
• Game Farm Contact List

NOTE: The CWD status information on this site is provided for general guidance only. The information is updated in conjunction with updates to our database, but may not currently reflect all information provided by licensed game farm operators in relation to the movement of game farm animals into herds, completion of physical inventories and assessments of herd status. If you are registered in the certification program, it is recommended that before moving animals into your herd, you obtain an up-to-date herd status level certificate from the operator of the game farm where those animals currently reside. The Government of Saskatchewan, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and their employees assume no liability whatsoever to any person using or relying on the information on this site.