Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation
Chapter NR 18 - Falconry
Section NR 18.17 - Other restrictions
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง NR 18.17
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) A permittee may not retain or exchange feathers molted from birds held in captivity or those from birds held in captivity that die, except for imping.
(2) A permittee may use raptors possessed under this chapter for educational programs with all of the following restrictions:,
(a) General and master
falconers may use raptors they hold in conservation education programs without
an additional permit. The raptors shall continue to be used in hunting, and may
not be held under a falconry permit to be used primarily for conservation
education purposes.
(b) The
permittee shall keep records including date, location, size and description of
audience and birds used. A summary of these records shall be included in the
permittees annual report as described in s.
NR 18.16(3).
(3) General and master falconers may do all of the following:
(a) Use raptors in raptor
propagation if the propagator has a raptor propagation permit. Raptors may be
temporarily transferred to another permittee for use in spring
propagation.
(b) Assist federal and
state-permitted wildlife rehabilitators in conditioning of raptors for release
to the wild. To do so, the falconer shall be a subpermittee of the
rehabilitator.
(c) Transfer a wild
raptor captured under a falconry permit to a propagation permit after the
raptor has been used in falconry for at least 2 years.
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