Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations
Chapter 10 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE WARM-BLOODED WILDLIFE
Section 10-18 - Application Requirements

Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 10-18

Current through March 23, 2024

This section shall not apply to the game farm subject to Section 26.

(a) Application for a permit shall be submitted on a Department provided form. The application shall be legible, fully completed, signed and dated by the applicant.

(i) Upon request by the Department, the applicant shall submit data including, but not limited to, biological evaluations, reports and studies in order to satisfy any Department concerns that Wyoming wildlife resources shall be adequately protected from such threats as:
(A) Competition;

(B) Habitat damage or destruction;

(C) Disruption of migration, breeding, rearing or survival of young;

(D) Predation;

(E) Disease or parasitism;

(F) Hybridization;

(G) Threats to human safety; and,

(H) The likelihood that the species may survive in the wild in Wyoming.

(ii) Incomplete applications shall not be considered by the Department.

(b) The Department shall review the applicant's proposed holding facility(ies) taking into consideration the species applied for, the number of animals requested, the welfare of the animals to be possessed, the purpose(s) for which the animals shall be held and to ensure adequate protection for Wyoming's wildlife resources and human health and safety. Holding facilities shall be constructed to meet Department approval prior to importation or possession of live warm-blooded wildlife.

(i) The holding facility(ies) shall be kept clean and sanitary and be designed, constructed and maintained to provide pursuant to Department expectations and practices:
(A) Safety and protection for warm-blooded wildlife and people;

(B) Containment for warm-blooded wildlife and exclusion of other wild and domestic animals;

(C) Sufficient space to allow normal development and physical behavior, as well as postural and social adjustments with freedom of movement;

(D) Proper lighting levels;

(E) Proper ventilation;

(F) Ability for the permittee to safely conduct cleaning, sanitation, disinfecting and handling procedures while maintaining containment and minimizing stress to warm-blooded wildlife;

(G) Appropriate ambient temperatures;

(H) Barriers to minimize stress to captive warm-blooded wildlife;

(I) Parasite and pest control;

(J) Shelter within enclosure(s) as needed;

(K) Clean water and appropriate food; and

(L) Nesting and bedding materials.

(c) Prior to receiving a permit, all appropriate federal regulations and requirements shall be satisfied. Proof of compliance shall be submitted before a permit may be issued.

(d) A permit shall be denied or conditioned if necessary to adequately protect Wyoming's wildlife resources from threats and ensure public safety for reasons including, but not limited to, threats identified in subsections (a) and (b) of this section.

(e) Applications to possess North American elk (Cervus Canadensis) shall only be accepted from governmental entities, or any accredited college or university for education or research, or to meet Department wildlife management goals, when a need is demonstrated by the applicant. All elk shall be tested prior to importation following procedures listed in Appendix I of this regulation to determine that animals are not hybrids. Prior to issuance of a permit, the permittee shall provide the Department with test results. Only elk of the subspecies canadensis, nannodes (Tule elk) and roosevelti (Roosevelt elk) may be permitted for importation, except the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission may consider an application for importation or possession of other subspecies of elk by governmental entities or any accredited college or university for education or research, or to meet state wildlife management goals when a need is demonstrated by the applicant.

(i) The permittee shall allow the Department or the Department's designated agent to take blood samples from all elk imported into Wyoming within fourteen (14) consecutive days following importation or prior to removal of the elk from the holding facility, whichever is earlier, in order to establish genetic marking of each elk. Department ear tags shall be placed in each elk by Department personnel or the designated agent of the Department within fourteen (14) consecutive days following importation or prior to removal of elk from the holding facility, whichever is earlier.

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