The Appellant owns and operates a reptile zoo and held several permits which authorized him to keep poisonous reptiles. When one of these permits expired he applied to the wildlife branch for another permit and was denied. The Deputy Director upheld the decision and ordered Mr. Boyd to transport the reptiles out of the country, deliver them to another valid Permit Holder or euthanize them. Mr. Boyd appealed to the Board and applied for a stay of the order pending the conclusion of his appeal.
The Board granted a stay on the grounds that the order would force Mr. Boyd to get rid of his reptiles leaving him nothing to appeal.
