49-7-78 - Canned hunts prohibited. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 49-7-78. Canned hunts prohibited.
 

For purposes of this section, the term "canned hunts" means the practice of providing a hunting opportunity under controlled conditions in which native game animals hunted may not have a reasonable opportunity to avoid the hunter. Canned hunts are prohibited in the state. The commission shall adopt regulations it deems necessary to prohibit and control such hunts. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the operation of private shooting preserves or commercial wildlife enclosures as authorized by statute. 
 

Sources: Laws, 2002, ch. 360, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2002.