Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 18.6.
(a) As
used in this section, "wild pig" means any feral, untamed, or undomesticated
hog from the family Suidae or family Tayassuidae that has one (1) or more of
the following characteristics:
(1) Has
acclimated to living in a wild or free-roaming environment.
(2) Was born in the wild.
(3) Is free-roaming without any visible tags,
markings, or behavioral characteristics that would indicate a domestic state or
private ownership.
(4) Has skeletal
characteristics indicative of a wild or Eurasian origin including:
(A) skull characteristics of an elongated
snout or sloping appearance with little or no stop at the eye line;
(B) a shoulder structure with a steep or
razorback (predominate ridge along the back) appearance;
(C) hindquarters proportionally smaller than
the forequarters lacking natural muscling found in commercial species;
or
(D) visible tusks.
(b) A person must not
import into or possess a live wild pig in the state of Indiana except as
provided in subsection (e).
(c) A
person must not:
(1) sell;
(2) transport for sale;
(3) offer to sell;
(4) barter;
(5) trade;
(6) lease;
(7) release or assist in the release of a
live wild pig;
(8) offer for
compensation any kind of wild pig hunting or taking privileges; or
(9) take or chase a wild pig with the use or
aid of a dog, with the exception of authorized federal and state wildlife
management employees.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), an
individual may take a wild pig only as follows:
(1) A resident landowner or other individual
who has written permission from the landowner may take a wild pig on that land
at any time without a permit.
(2)
With a nuisance wild animal control permit issued under
312 IAC
9-10-11.
(3) With a scientific purposes license issued
under
312 IAC
9-10-6.
(e) A live wild pig taken under this
subsection shall:
(1) be euthanized
immediately at the site or transported from the site only to another site where
it is euthanized immediately; and
(2) not be:
(A) possessed except as authorized in
subdivision (1);
(B)
sold;
(C) traded;
(D) bartered;
(E) gifted; or
(F) released.
(f) The following are exempted from this
section:
(1) A zoo that is a permanent
establishment accredited by the American Zoological Association or the
Zoological Association of America.
(2) A scientific research institution
licensed or registered with the United States Department of Agriculture and
Indiana secretary of state.
(3) The
Purdue University Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory.
(4) An organization or a person housing a
wild pig at the written request of the department.
(5) An individual who transports a wild pig
through Indiana if the:
(A) individual
transporting the wild pig in the state does not stop and unload the wild pig in
Indiana unless taken directly to slaughter at an official state or federally
inspected slaughter establishment for immediate slaughter; and
(B) wild pig is continuously confined in a
container that is of sufficient strength to prevent the pig from escaping or
coming into contact with the public.
(g) As used in this section, a wild pig does
not include a swine that is:
(1) currently
recognized in commercial livestock production, including those commonly known
as:
(A) heritage;
(B) heirloom;
(C) crosses of heritage, heirloom, and other
swine of Eurasian origin; and
(D)
similar breeds;
(2)
raised and sold only for agriculture or medicinal purposes, such as breeding
stock, exhibition, and slaughter for food or the production of medicinal
substances;
(3) enclosed in a
manner that makes its escape unlikely;
(4) not knowingly or intentionally released
into the wild;
(5) not captured
from the wild;
(6) not escaped into
the wild; and
(7) not offered for
hunting, trapping, or chasing privileges.