Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures
RAPTORS
Section 503.380 - Housing of raptors: Indoor facilities; owners' residences

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 503.380

Current through February 27, 2024

1. An indoor facility that houses a raptor must be of sufficient size to allow easy access for the care and feeding of the raptor.

2. If a raptor that is not tethered is housed in an indoor facility and if the roof or any wall of the indoor facility is not solid, the roof or wall that is not solid must be covered with vertical bars spaced narrower than the width of the body of the smallest raptor housed in the facility, with heavy-duty netting or with any other similar material.

3. A raptor housed in an indoor facility must be housed in a manner that allows the raptor to maintain healthy feathers, including, without limitation, in a shelf perch enclosure in which raptors are tethered side by side.

4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2, a raptor may be housed in the residence of the owner of the raptor if:

(a) The residence has a perch that is suitable for the raptor; and

(b) The raptor is kept tethered when not being moved into or out of the residence.

Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs by R047-11, eff. 4-5-2013

NRS 501.105, 501.181, 503.582, 503.583

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