Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations
Chapter 60 - REGULATION GOVERNING GREATER SAGE-GROUSE RAISED ON PRIVATE GAME BIRD FARMS
Section 60-11 - Escape of Captive Sage Grouse

(a) As a condition of receiving a certification, the licensee shall agree to be solely responsible for all costs, expenses and damages suffered as a result of possessing sage grouse, but not limited to quarantine or total or partial depopulation on account of contagious diseases or parasites; or costs and expenses associated with the capture of or destruction of escaped sage grouse.

(b) The licensee or an authorized agent of the licensee shall notify the Department within twenty-four (24) hours of discovery that captive sage grouse have escaped. If the Department discovers the escape, it shall notify the licensee or their authorized agent within twenty-four (24) hours. If escaped sage grouse are not recovered by the licensee or their agent within forty-eight (48) hours following discovery of the escape or notification by the Department, the Department may at its discretion take the escaped sage grouse.

(c) It is a violation of this regulation to release, abandon or to allow escape of any captive sage grouse without prior written authorization from the Department, except as may be provided by Wyoming Statutes. All captive sage grouse released or abandoned without written authorization from the Department may be taken by Department personnel.