Question & AnswerQ&A (DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2004-62)
The primary policy objective is to conserve, manage, and protect wildlife resources and encourage their sustainable use for the benefit of present and future generations, requiring registration of all wild faunal species including exotic species under DENR jurisdiction.
The registration applies to all threatened, non-threatened, and exotic faunal species possessed and maintained by private persons and entities, including animals in parks, zoos, aviaries, circuses, rescue centers, and similar facilities for recreational, educational, research, or scientific purposes.
Yes, wildlife acquired or purchased from legal sources such as facilities with Wildlife Farm Permits, Wildlife Collector's Permits, Certificates of Accreditation and Registration, Memorandums of Agreement, or any DENR clearances or permits may be exempted from the registration fee.
For non-threatened species, fees are as follows: 1-50 heads: a minimal fee of P50 for administrative costs; 51-100 heads: P500; 101-200 heads: P750; 201 and above: P1,000.
Fees for threatened species are: 1-5 heads: P3,000; 6-10 heads: P4,000; 11-20 heads: P5,000; 21-30 heads: P6,000; 31 and above: P7,000. Critically endangered species have a fee of P5,000 per head.
Applicants must submit a duly accomplished application form, documentary stamps affixed on the Certificate of Wildlife Registration, an inventory list of wildlife, and the registration fee.
CWR holders must provide identification tags for animals, allow DENR inspections, acquire additional stocks legally from permitted facilities, submit annual inventory, acquisition, production, and mortality reports, and comply with other rules regarding wildlife activities.
No, local transport of wild faunal species from one registered facility to another within the country must be accompanied by a permit secured from the nearest DENR Office.
No, the CWR does not grant the privilege to collect animals from the wild, purchase, exchange, or receive wild animals or by-products from illegal sources, or to use animals as collateral or loan them.
CWR holders can use registered wildlife for income-generating recreational and educational activities, engage in captive breeding with a Wildlife Farm Permit, trade locally captive-bred CITES Appendix I species, and export progenies with proper DENR permits, among other privileges.
Deliberate disregard of the provisions of the Order results in automatic cancellation of the CWR and confiscation of all animals in favor of the DENR, plus application of other legal measures.
No, conservation projects implemented by Philippine government agencies, offices, or entities are exempt from the payment of fees under this Order.
Transfer of registered threatened species is only allowed to immediate family members within the 3rd degree of affinity or consanguinity or to the DENR or government institutions accredited by DENR, and such transfers must be registered.