§ 20-16-16 - Digging or smoking out animals – Use of probes. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 20-16-16

   § 20-16-16  Digging or smoking out animals– Use of probes. – No person or persons shall remove or attempt to remove a live muskrat, raccoon,mink, otter, skunk, or fox from any hole in the ground, from any stone wall,from within any ledge or from under any stone, from any den or house, or fromany hole in any log or tree by digging or smoking, or by probing with anywooden, metal or other device. No person shall set a trap within eight feet(8') from a muskrat house. The provision of this section may be waived by thedirector on application by a landowner seeking to protect his or her propertyfrom nuisance fur-bearers.