Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Agriculture and Food
Title R58 - Animal Industry
Rule R58-14 - Holding Live Raccoons or Coyotes in Captivity
Section R58-14-3 - General
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) The Division of Wildlife Resources with the cooperation of the Department of Agriculture and Food and the Department of Health and Human Services, shall enforce this rule.
(2) The Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board, by authority granted under Title 4, Chapter 23, the Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Act, declares it unlawful to import, distribute, relocate, or possess a live raccoon (Procyon lotor)or coyote (Canis latrans).
(3) An organization or corporation wishing to possess raccoons or coyotes for research, or exhibition purposes may request a variance from the Department.
(4) Nuisance raccoons and coyotes may not be relocated following capture, but may be captured and euthanized or otherwise destroyed at the location where capture is unfeasible.
(5) Any raccoon or coyote that bites or scratches a person or domestic animal shall be handled in accordance with Section R386-702-12.