Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations
Chapter 25 - FALCONRY AND RAPTOR PROPAGATION REGULATION
Section 25-2 - Definitions
Current through March 23, 2024
For the purpose of this regulation, definitions shall be as set forth in Title 23, Wyoming Statutes and the Commission also adopts the following definitions:
(a) "Abatement Activities" means the use of trained raptors to flush, haze or take birds or other wildlife where allowed to mitigate depredation problems, including threats to human health and safety.
(b) "Adult Golden Eagle" means a golden eagle without any immature or sub-adult feathers in either the wings or the tail.
(c) "Aerie" means the nest of any raptor.
(d) "Captive-bred" means raptors, including eggs, hatched in captivity from parents that mated or otherwise transferred gametes in captivity.
(e) "CFR" means the Code of Federal Regulations.
(f) "Department" means the Wyoming Game and Fish Department whose mailing address is: 5400 Bishop Boulevard, Cheyenne, WY 82006.
(g) "Eyas Raptor" means a young raptor not yet capable of flight.
(h) "Falconry" means taking wild quarry by means of a trained raptor. Falconry includes the taking of raptors from the wild to use in falconry and caring for, training, and possessing raptors held for falconry.
(i) "Falconry Permit" means a permit to possess, transport, sell, purchase, barter, or offer to sell, purchase or barter raptors for falconry purposes.
(j) "General Raptor Capture License" means a license to capture one (1) raptor, except peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus), from the wild in accordance with this regulation.
(k) "Hacking" means the temporary release to the wild of a raptor held for falconry for conditioning or for the preparation of permanent release of a raptor to the wild.
(l) "Hybrid" means offspring produced by crossing species.
(m) "Imping" means to graft new feathers to existing feather shafts on a raptor's wing(s) or tail to repair damage or to increase flying capacity.
(n) "Imprint" means a raptor that is hand-raised from two weeks of age until it is fully feathered and has identified itself with humans rather than its own species. An imprinted raptor is considered to be so for its entire lifetime.
(o) "License to Hunt with Falcon" means a license to take game birds and small game animals with raptors.
(p) "Limited Quota Raptor Capture License" means a license to capture one (1) peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) from the wild.
(q) "Livestock Depredation Area" means a specific geographic location in which depredation by golden eagles has been recognized. The boundaries and duration of a livestock depredation area are declared by the United States Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.) Wildlife Services or by the governor.
(r) "Permittee" means a person who has been issued a valid Wyoming falconry permit or a falconry permit from another state, tribe, or territory that complies with federal falconry standards.
(s) "Raptor" means any bird of the Order Accipitriformes, Falconiformes or Strigiformes listed in 50 CFR 10.13, revised as of October 1, 2018, and which does not include any later amendments or editions of the incorporated matter; to be used in falconry. A copy of 50 CFR Part 10.13 can be viewed at any Department Regional Office or the Headquarters Office.
(t) "Service" means the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
(u) "Wild Raptor" means a non-captive bred raptor taken from its natural environment.
