subpart_subject: "Specifications for the Humane Handling, Care, Treatment, and Transportation of Guinea Pigs and Hamsters"
section_number: "3.27"
section_subject: "Facilities, outdoor."
cfr_reference: "9 CFR 3.27"
title_name: "Title 9"
title_subject: "Animals and Animal Products"
parts_covered: "Parts 1 to 199"
revised_date: "Revised as of January 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of January 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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(a)Hamsters shall not be housed in outdoor facilities.
(b)Guinea pigs shall not be housed in outdoor facilities unless such facilities are located in an appropriate climate and prior approval for such outdoor housing is obtained from the Deputy Administrator.