Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 13 - Fish and Game, Department of
Rule 13.01.10 - RULES GOVERNING IMPORTATION, POSSESSION, RELEASE, SALE, OR SALVAGE OF WILDLIFE
Section 13.01.10.010 - DEFINITIONS

Universal Citation: ID Admin Code 13.01.10.010

Current through August 31, 2023

In this chapter, "wildlife" excludes bullfrogs, fish, or crustaceans whose possession, transport, release, and sale are regulated by IDAPA 13.01.11 and 13.01.12 or by ISDA, unless they are or will be maintained in a zoo or aquarium for live exhibit to the public. (4-6-23)

01. Agricultural/Domestic Animals. Animals or eggs normally considered to be of agricultural or domestic types currently common to Idaho that:

(1) do not meet the definition of wildlife in Section 36-202, Idaho Code and

(2) are not intended for release into the wild in Idaho. These include but are not limited to livestock, domestic bison, domestic cervids, and domestic furbearing animals regulated by ISDA under Title 25, Idaho Code. (4-6-23)

02. Bona Fide Pet Store. Legitimate retail store that engages in the selling of conventional pets with a set location and regular business hours. (4-6-23)

03. Captive Wildlife Facility. Facility where the operator obtains, possesses, or propagates wildlife for any purpose, including commercial, rehabilitation, private ownership (including private park) or sale. (4-6-23)

04. Commercial Wildlife Facility. Facility where the operator obtains, possesses, or propagates wildlife for any commercial purpose, including exhibition, education, entertainment, or sale. (4-6-23)

05. Commercial Wildlife Farm. Commercial wildlife facility where operator propagates big game animals not regulated by ISDA. (4-6-23)

06. Conventional Pets. Privately owned companion animals not intended for research or resale that are not native wildlife captured from the wild in Idaho: dogs, cats ferrets, rabbits, rodents, non-venomous or non-dangerous reptiles and amphibians, non-poultry birds, hedgehogs, tenrecs, and sugar gliders. (4-6-23)

07. CWD. Chronic Wasting Disease. (4-6-23)

08. ISDA. Idaho State Department of Agriculture. (4-6-23)

09. Large Commercial Wildlife Facility. Commercial wildlife facility housing three or more species or encompassing display or exhibit areas larger than one (1) acre. (4-6-23)

10. NPIP. National Poultry Improvement Program for state-federal cooperative testing and certification. (4-6-23)

11. Private Park. Facility where the owner or operator obtains, possesses, or propagates wildlife in captivity for personal pleasure and not for any commercial purpose. (4-6-23)

12. Publicly Owned Zoo or Wildlife Exhibit. Zoo, aquarium, or similar facility exhibiting wildlife owned by any municipal, county, state, or federal agency. (4-6-23)

13. Shooting Preserve. Privately owned or leased premises operated for hunting of captively propagated upland game birds. (4-6-23)

14. Traveling Circus, Menagerie, or Trained Act of Wild Animals. Mobile wildlife display or exhibit maintained for instructional, educational, entertainment, or other commercial purposes that is not located within Idaho more than two (2) months during any calendar year. (4-6-23)

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