Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations
Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE
Section 69-15 - Permit Conditions
Current through March 23, 2024
Permit holders shall comply with all conditions of the permit issued, and any applicable Wyoming statutes, Commission regulations, federal statutes, county and municipal rules or ordinances or any other laws or covenants.
(a) Each container of live amphibians and reptiles imported into Wyoming shall bear the names and addresses of the consignor and the consignee or the name and address of the person in possession of the wildlife if no transfer will occur. Each container shall have a label that clearly describes its contents.
(b) All containers or holding facilities used for venomous or poisonous species shall be clearly marked "Venomous Wildlife" or "Poisonous Wildlife" and shall include the common and scientific name.
(c) Holding facilities shall be kept clean and sanitary and be designed, constructed and maintained to provide for the physical well-being of the animal(s) and the safety and protection of other wildlife and people as deemed necessary by the Department.
(d) As a condition of receiving a permit, the permittee shall agree to be solely responsible for all costs, expenses and damages suffered as a result of importation and possession of live cold-blooded wildlife including, but not limited to, quarantine, total or partial depopulation on account of contagious diseases or parasites, or costs and expenses associated with the capture or destruction of escaped cold-blooded wildlife.
(e) The permittee may be required to maintain complete, accurate and legible records for the term of the permit on forms approved by the Department. Original records shall be kept at the holding facility. Data provided on the records shall include dates of purchase, barter, trade or other form of acquisition; sex, species, subspecies, number of animals captured, received, transported, purchased, reared, date of sale, death or other form of disposition for each individual animal. Dates and types of disease tests for each animal shall be recorded on the form. Records shall include names and addresses of all suppliers, persons to whom live cold-blooded wildlife are sold, traded, bartered or given and the date of each transaction.
