Code of Colorado Regulations
400 - Department of Natural Resources
406 - Colorado Parks and Wildlife (406 Series, Wildlife)
2 CCR 406-14 - CHAPTER W-14 - WILDLIFE REHABILITATION
Article II - POSSESSION AND REHABILITATION OF SICK, INJURED, OR ORPHANED WILDLIFE
Section 1406 - RELEASE OF WILDLIFE

Universal Citation: 400 CO Code Regs 1406

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024

A. All rehabilitated wildlife shall be released in appropriate habitat as close as possible to its place of origin, within 10 miles of that location; or as otherwise required to comply with any special conditions of the license; or at a site approved in advance by the Division except that any member of the family Cervidae taken for rehabilitation to a rehab facility in a Game Management Unit where at least one confirmed case of CWD has been documented must be released in appropriate habitat in the Game Management Unit where the rehabilitation facility is located.

B. All rehabilitated wildlife shall be released as soon as it has reached physical maturity and/or has attained full recovery from injury or illness, or as soon thereafter as the time of year is ecologically appropriate. In no case shall any wildlife be held longer than one year without prior Division approval based on sound biological reasons.

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