PART V. WILD BIRDS AND OTHER WILDLIFE

 

§183D-61  Permits to take wild birds, gamebirds, and game mammals.  (a)  Notwithstanding the provisions contained inthis chapter, the department may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91:

(1)  Authorizing the taking and collecting of wildbirds, game birds, and game mammals for scientific and educational purposes, orfor the purpose of distributing wild birds to different localities in the Statepursuant to this title;

(2)  Authorizing the keeping of wild birds in captivityfor the protection, treatment for injury or disease, propagation, and othersimilar purposes consistent with the preservation, protection, and conservationof wild birds;

(3)  Authorizing the taking and destruction of thosewild birds, game birds, and game mammals the department may have found afterinvestigation to be destructive to crops or to other game birds and gamemammals or otherwise harmful to agriculture or aquaculture, or to constitute anuisance or a health hazard; or

(4)  Authorizing without requiring permits or reports,the destruction within a district of wild birds, game birds, and game mammalswhich are generally destructive to crops or otherwise harmful to agriculture oraquaculture, or constitute a nuisance or a health hazard within the district.

(b)  Except as provided in subsection (a)(4),the rules shall require the person or persons seeking authority to apply forand obtain a written permit from the department.  The permits may prescribeterms and conditions the department deems necessary to prevent abuse of theauthority granted thereby, and may be canceled by the department, after noticeand hearing, for the violation of any term or condition. [L 1985, c 174, pt of§4; am L 1986, c 272, §2; am L 1987, c 156, §2]