Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations
Chapter 33 - SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, EDUCATIONAL OR SPECIAL PURPOSE PERMITS
Section 33-2 - Definitions
Current through September 21, 2024
Definitions shall be as set forth in Title 23, Wyoming Statutes, Commission regulations, and the Commission also adopts the following definitions:
(a) "Drug" means a chemical treatment intended for use in handling/transportation, diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, prevention of disease in animals or to euthanize.
(b) "Educational" means the act or process of imparting knowledge or skill when that is the primary purpose of obtaining a permit.
(c) "Educational institutions" means any accredited college, university, or recognized educational institution.
(d) "Scientific research" means the systematic investigative or experimental activities which are carried out for the purpose of acquiring new and relevant knowledge pertaining to wildlife biology, ecology or management, or the revision of accepted conclusions, theories, or laws in the light of newly discovered facts, and which are conducted in a humane fashion by qualified personnel.
(e) "Special purpose" means activities in which a permit is required in order to take or relocate wildlife, but is not considered scientific research or educational.
(f) "Take" means as defined in W.S. § 23-1-102(a)(vii).
(g) "Wildlife" means every wild mammal, bird, fish, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, their viable gametes (eggs and sperm), fertilized eggs, or any hybrid (including hybrids between wildlife and wildlife and hybrids between wildlife and domestic or domesticated animals) or any transgenic product thereof.
