Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 26 - Fisheries and Game
67e - Implementation of a Falconry Program
Section 26-67e-1 - Definitions
Universal Citation: CT Reg of State Agencies 26-67e-1
Current through September 9, 2024
(a) For the purposes of sections 26-67e-1 to 26-67e-18, inclusive of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Bate" means an attempt to fly a raptor
while tethered;
(2) "Cable band"
means a non-reusable, numbered United States Fish and Wildlife Service band
used to uniquely identify a raptor taken from the wild for falconry;
(3) "Captive-bred raptor" means a raptor,
including a hybrid, born and raised in captivity;
(4) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
Energy and Environmental Protection;
(5) "Custodial falconer" means the falconer
of record with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, pursuant to section
26-67e-14
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, as possessing a specific
raptor for purposes of falconry;
(6) "Department" means the Department of
Energy and Environmental Protection;
(7) "Falconer" means a person who engages in
falconry and who holds a valid Connecticut falconry permit;
(8) "Falconry" means "falconry" as defined in
section
26-67d of
the Connecticut General Statutes;
(9) "Hacking" means the temporary release of
a falconry bird to the wild to survive on its own;
(10) "Harass" means any act that may injure
wildlife by disrupting normal behavior;
(11) "Harm" means an act that results in
death or injury;
(12) "Hybrid"
means the offspring of two or more distinct species;
(13) "Imping" means the process of grafting
feathers onto the wing or tail of a bird to repair damage or to increase flying
capacity;
(14) "Imprint" means a
bird that is hand-raised in isolation from the sight of another raptor from two
weeks of age until it has developed the plumage necessary for flight. An
imprinted bird is considered to be so for its lifetime;
(15) "Jurisdiction of the United States"
means the state of Connecticut, any other state, the District of Columbia, and
any tribe or territory of the United States;
(16) "Microchip" means an identifying
integrated circuit placed under the skin of a raptor that uses passive Radio
Frequency Identification (RFID) technology and is ISO (International
Organization for Standardization) compliant (134.2 kHz);
(17) "Non-resident" means any person who is a
resident of a jurisdiction of the United States other than
Connecticut;
(18) "Raptor" has the
same meaning, as provided in section
26-67d of
the Connecticut General Statutes;
(19) "Resident" means any person who is a
Connecticut resident;
(20)
"Seamless band" means a uniquely numbered, seamless, metal band issued by the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service to be affixed to the leg of a
captive-bred raptor;
(21) "Standard
band" means a numbered, aluminum, lock-on or butt-end band issued by the United
States Geological Survey Bird Banding Laboratory to be affixed to the leg of a
raptor released to the wild; and
(22) "Take" means to harass, pursue, hunt,
shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture or collect or attempt to engage in any such
conduct involving wildlife.
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