169.08 Propagation of wild animals. - Wisconsin Statutes

169.08

169.08 Propagation of wild animals.

169.08(1)

(1) Requirement. No person may propagate any native wild animal or any nonnative wild animal of the family ursidae except as authorized under a captive wild animal farm license, a bird hunting preserve license, a wild fur farm license, a nonprofit educational exhibiting license, or a scientific research license.

169.08(2)

(2) Exemption for certain wild animals. A person is exempt from the requirement under sub. (1) if the wild animal that the person propagates is a wild animal that is exempt under s. 169.04 (4) (a) or (b).

169.08(3)

(3) Exemption for certain institutions. Each of the following is exempt from the requirement under sub. (1):

169.08(3)(a)

(a) A public zoo or aquarium.

169.08(3)(b)

(b) A circus or the Circus World Museum located in Baraboo, Wisconsin.

169.08(3)(c)

(c) The department.

169.08(4)

(4) Inapplicability to certain wild animals. This section does not authorize the propagating of harmful wild animals.

169.08 - ANNOT.

History: 2001 a. 56.