Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024
A. Application for
a raptor propagation permit shall be made to the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service. The Division shall approve such permits issued by the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service under a joint State/Federal permit
system.
B. HYBRIDIZATION
1. Hybridization is authorized only in
accordance with federal law except that hybridization involving a threatened or
endangered species is prohibited.
2. The cross-breeding of a threatened or
endangered subspecies with any other subspecies is
prohibited.
C.
ACQUISITION OF, AND LIMITATIONS ON BREEDING STOCK
1. Propagators may remove eyas raptors from
the wild for breeding purposes providing they obtain a take permit from the
Division. Such permit shall by nonrefundable, and shall cost $40.
2. Any raptor held under a Colorado falconry
license may be transferred to a raptor propagation permit for breeding
purposes, provided further that any wild-caught raptor must have been used in
falconry for at least two years. Any injured raptor may be transferred under
this provision in less than two years, provided that a veterinarian or licensed
wildlife rehabilitator has determined that the raptor can no longer be flown
for falconry.
3. Only four raptors
taken from the wild in Colorado may be possessed at any one time.
4. Raptor possession for propagation is
limited to any Migratory Bird Treaty Act species listed on a federal permit,
except any individual that holds a valid federal propagation permit may also
possess any non-Migratory Bird Treaty Act species of raptor that was legally
acquired. All terms and conditions listed on the federal permit will also apply
to the care and use of the non-Migratory Bird Treaty Act
raptor(s).
D. Native
raptor breeding stock or the offspring of breeding stock may be released in the
wild, provided the following conditions have been met:
1. Written request for permission to release
be submitted to the Division 30 days in advance.
2. For threatened and endangered species, the
proposed release must be in accordance with a recovery plan approved by the
Division.
3. Documentation is
provided proving the individual birds involved are capable of survival in the
wild.
4. Birds to be released are
banded as provided by these regulations,
5. Written approval by the Division is
required prior to the release.
E. Any raptor not taken from the wild in
Colorado that is legally possessed under the authority of a propagator license
may be exported from Colorado if the licensee wishes to transfer the raptor to
another properly-licensed licensee in accordance with these regulations and the
laws of the receiving state, province or country.
