SB356-SSA1, s. 18 18Section 18. 29.425 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,6,2019 29.425 (4m) Applicability. This section does not apply to commercially raised
20farm-raised deer, as defined in s. 95.25 (5m).
SB356-SSA1, s. 19 21Section 19. 29.427 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,6,2522 29.427 (6) Destruction. A person may kill at any time a wild skunk which is
23a nuisance to activities authorized under s. 29.55, 29.572, 29.574, 29.575, 29.578,
2429.58
or 29.585. A person who kills an adult wild skunk with young shall attempt
25to kill the young skunks.
SB356-SSA1, s. 20
1Section 20. 29.43 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,7,42 29.43 (5) (b) Subsections (1) to (4) do not apply to the possession,
3transportation, delivery or receipt of commercially raised farm-raised deer, as
4defined in s. 95.25 (5m)
.
SB356-SSA1, s. 21 5Section 21. 29.44 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,7,86 29.44 (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the possession, transportation,
7delivery or receipt of commercially raised farm-raised deer, as defined in s. 95.25
8(5m)
.
SB356-SSA1, s. 22 9Section 22. 29.45 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,7,1110 29.45 (6) This section does not apply to the transportation of commercially
11raised
farm-raised deer, as defined in s. 95.25 (5m).
SB356-SSA1, s. 23 12Section 23. 29.48 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,7,1413 29.48 (1m) Subsection (1) does not apply to commercially raised farm-raised
14deer, as defined in s. 95.25 (5m).
SB356-SSA1, s. 24 15Section 24. 29.49 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,7,1916 29.49 (1) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in ss. s. 29.52 and 29.581, no innkeeper,
17manager or steward of any restaurant, club, hotel, boarding house, tavern, logging
18camp or mining camp may sell, barter, serve or give, or cause to be sold, bartered,
19served or given to the guests or boarders thereof:
SB356-SSA1, s. 25 20Section 25. 29.49 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB356-SSA1,7,2221 29.49 (3) Exemption. This section does not apply to the meat from farm-raised
22deer.
SB356-SSA1, s. 26 23Section 26. 29.55 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB356-SSA1,7,2424 29.55 (2m) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to farm-raised deer.
SB356-SSA1, s. 27 25Section 27. 29.574 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,8,2
129.574 (1m) This section does not apply to commercially raised farm-raised
2deer, as defined in s. 95.25 (5m).
SB356-SSA1, s. 28 3Section 28. 29.578 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,8,64 29.578 (1m) This section does not apply to commercially raised deer, as defined
5in s. 95.25 (5m), or to commercial deer farms licensed under s. 29.58
of the genus
6dama, cervus or rangifer
.
SB356-SSA1, s. 29 7Section 29. 29.58 of the statutes is repealed.
SB356-SSA1, s. 30 8Section 30. 29.581 of the statutes is repealed.
SB356-SSA1, s. 31 9Section 31. 29.583 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,8,1310 29.583 (1) The department may seize and dispose of or may authorize the
11disposal of any deer that has escaped from land licensed under s. 29.574, or 29.578
12or 29.58 if the licensee has not had the deer returned to the land within 72 hours of
13the discovery of the escape.
SB356-SSA1, s. 32 14Section 32. 29.583 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB356-SSA1,8,1515 29.583 (3) This section does not apply to farm-raised deer.
SB356-SSA1, s. 33 16Section 33. 29.585 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,8,2117 29.585 (2) (a) The term In this section, "wild animal" as used in this section
18means any mammal, fish or bird of a wild nature as distinguished from domestic
19animals under the common law or under the Wisconsin statutes whether or not the
20mammal, fish or bird was bred or reared in captivity, but does not include deer of the
21genus dama, cervus or rangifer
.
SB356-SSA1, s. 34 22Section 34. 29.586 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
SB356-SSA1,8,2323 29.586 (4) This section does not apply to farm-raised deer.
SB356-SSA1, s. 35 24Section 35. 29.59 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,9,2
129.59 (1) (f) Notwithstanding s. 29.01 (14), "wild animal" means any
2undomesticated mammal or bird, but does not include farm-raised deer.
SB356-SSA1, s. 36 3Section 36. 29.598 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,9,74 29.598 (1) Definition. As used in In this section, "wildlife damage" means
5damage caused by wild deer that live in the wild, bear or geese to commercial
6seedings or crops on agricultural land, to orchard trees or nursery stock or to apiaries
7or livestock.
SB356-SSA1, s. 37 8Section 37. 29.645 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,9,12 929.645 Larceny of game. A person who, without permission of the owner,
10molests, disturbs or appropriates any wild animal or its carcass that has been
11lawfully reduced to possession by another shall forfeit not less than $1,000 nor more
12than $2,000. This section does not apply to farm-raised deer.
SB356-SSA1, s. 38 13Section 38. 29.99 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,9,2214 29.99 (15) In any prosecution under this section it is not necessary for the state
15to allege or prove that the animals were not commercially raised farm-raised deer
16or domesticated animals; that they were not taken for scientific purposes, or that
17they were taken or in possession or under control without a required approval. The
18person claiming that these animals were commercially raised farm-raised deer or
19domesticated animals, that they were taken for scientific purposes or that they were
20taken or in possession or under control under the required approval, has the burden
21of proving these facts. In this subsection, "commercially raised deer" has the
22meaning given in s. 95.25 (5m).
SB356-SSA1, s. 39 23Section 39. 90.20 of the statutes is created to read:
SB356-SSA1,9,25 2490.20 Fencing of farm-raised deer. Any person who keeps farm-raised
25deer, as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (a), shall keep the farm-raised deer enclosed by a

1fence not less than 7 feet 10 inches high, except that animals of the genus rangifer
2shall be kept enclosed by a fence not less than 5 feet high.
SB356-SSA1, s. 40 3Section 40. 93.07 (10) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27,
4is renumbered 93.07 (10) (b) and amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,10,135 93.07 (10) (b) To protect the health of domestic animals of the state; to
6determine and employ the most efficient and practical means for the prevention,
7suppression, control and eradication of communicable diseases among domestic
8animals, and for these purposes it may establish, maintain, enforce and regulate
9such quarantine and such other measures relating to the importation, movement
10and care of animals and their products, the disinfection of suspected localities and
11articles, and the disposition of animals, as the department may deem necessary. The
12definition of "communicable disease" in s. 990.01 (5g) does not apply to this
13subsection paragraph.
SB356-SSA1, s. 41 14Section 41. 93.07 (10) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
SB356-SSA1,10,1615 93.07 (10) (a) In this subsection, "domestic animals" includes farm-raised deer,
16as defined in s. 95.001 (1) (a).
SB356-SSA1, s. 42 17Section 42. 95.001 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 95.001 (1) (am).
SB356-SSA1, s. 43 18Section 43. 95.001 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
SB356-SSA1,10,2219 95.001 (1) (a) "Farm-raised deer" means an animal that is a member of the
20family cervidae and of the genus dama, the genus rangifer or the genus cervus, except
21for an elk that is present in the wild and that does not have an ear tag or other mark
22identifying it as being raised on a farm.
SB356-SSA1, s. 44 23Section 44. 95.25 (1) and (2) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,11,624 95.25 (1) In order to detect and control bovine tuberculosis the department may
25test for tuberculosis those cattle where indication of possible infection is disclosed by

1means of the slaughter cattle identification program and any other cattle or herds
2farm-raised deer the department has reason to believe may be infected or exposed
3or deems considers necessary to test for any other reason. Tuberculosis tests
4authorized by the department shall be made at such times and in such manner as
5the department determines, in the light of the latest and best scientific and practical
6knowledge and experience.
SB356-SSA1,11,14 7(2) Upon reasonable notice, the department, its authorized agents and all
8inspectors and persons appointed or authorized to assist in the work of applying the
9tuberculin test, may enter any buildings or inclosures where cattle or farm-raised
10deer
are, for the purpose of making inspection and applying the tuberculin test, and
11any person who interferes therewith or obstructs them in their work or attempts to
12obstruct or prevent by force the inspection and the testing (in addition to the penalty
13prescribed therefor) shall be liable for all damages caused thereby to the state or to
14any person lawfully engaged in the work of inspection and testing.
SB356-SSA1, s. 45 15Section 45. 95.25 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB356-SSA1,11,1916 95.25 (2m) The owner or other person in possession of animals subject to
17inspection or testing under this section shall provide animal handling facilities to
18ensure the safety of the animals and the persons conducting the inspection or testing
19under this section.
SB356-SSA1, s. 46 20Section 46. 95.25 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB356-SSA1,11,2321 95.25 (4m) The department is not liable for injury to or death of animals during
22inspection or testing under this section unless negligence by the department causes
23the injury or death.
SB356-SSA1, s. 47 24Section 47. 95.25 (5m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB356-SSA1, s. 48 25Section 48. 95.30 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,12,5
195.30 (title) Disposal of cattle animals infected with tuberculosis. The
2owner of cattle or farm-raised deer tested and found to be afflicted with bovine
3tuberculosis shall ship them under the direction of the department to some place
4designated by it for immediate slaughter under U.S. government inspection, or
5under the inspection approved by the department.
SB356-SSA1, s. 49 6Section 49. 95.31 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,12,157 95.31 (3) In addition to the indemnities for specific animal diseases provided
8under ss. 95.25, 95.26, 95.27 and 95.35 or under special emergency programs, the
9department shall pay indemnities on livestock condemned and destroyed because of
10unknown or unidentified contagions or infections, the cause or nature of which
11cannot be fully determined at the time of condemnation. Indemnities for unknown
12or unidentified diseases shall be equal to the difference between net salvage and
13appraised or agreed values, but not to exceed $600. As used in this subsection,
14"livestock" means bovines, equines, swine, sheep, goats, poultry and commercially
15raised
farm-raised deer, as defined in s. 95.25 (5m).
SB356-SSA1, s. 50 16Section 50. 95.33 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,12,20 1795.33 Tubercular animals that do not react. Whenever in the opinion of the
18department a bovine or farm-raised deer is afflicted with tuberculosis, although
19failing to react to the tubercular test, such animal shall be condemned and the
20appraisal and all subsequent procedure shall be the same as in the case of reactors.
SB356-SSA1, s. 51 21Section 51. 95.40 (title) and (1) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,12,25 2295.40 (title) Neutralizing cattle tuberculosis test. (1) No person shall use
23or cause to be used tuberculin or any other agent upon cattle or farm-raised deer, by
24injection or otherwise, for the purpose of preventing a proper reaction when a
25tuberculin test is made.
SB356-SSA1, s. 52
1Section 52. 95.41 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,13,42 95.41 (2) The department shall provide ear tags to be used for identifying cattle
3and farm-raised deer tested for purposes of disease control, and shall distribute the
4tags to persons authorized by the department to identify cattle and farm-raised deer.
SB356-SSA1, s. 53 5Section 53. 95.42 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,13,11 695.42 Revocation of permit to test. Only veterinarians approved by the
7department may apply the tuberculin test to cattle and farm-raised deer, and no
8veterinarian applying the test may tag or brand reactors except as specifically
9authorized or directed by the department. Any veterinarian who fails to comply with
10this section and the rules and instructions furnished by the department shall forfeit
11all right to apply the tuberculin test.
SB356-SSA1, s. 54 12Section 54. 95.55 of the statutes is created to read:
SB356-SSA1,13,15 1395.55 Farm-raised deer; registration. (1) Registration. (a) Except as
14provided in par. (b), no person may keep farm-raised deer unless the person is
15registered with the department under this section.
SB356-SSA1,13,1716 (b) Establishments licensed under s. 97.42 may keep live farm-raised deer for
17slaughtering purposes for up to 72 hours without being registered under this section.
SB356-SSA1,13,20 18(2) Application. A person shall register under this section using a form
19provided by the department. The form shall be accompanied by the fee specified
20under sub. (3).
SB356-SSA1,13,22 21(3) Fee. The department shall, by rule, specify the fee for registration under
22this section.
SB356-SSA1,13,25 23(4) Animal handling facilities. A person required to register under this section
24shall provide animal handling facilities to ensure the safety of farm-raised deer
25during handling and of the persons handling the farm-raised deer.
SB356-SSA1, s. 55
1Section 55. 95.68 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,14,32 95.68 (1) (d) "Livestock" means bovine animals, sheep, goats, swine,
3farm-raised deer
and equine animals.
SB356-SSA1, s. 56 4Section 56. 95.80 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,14,75 95.80 (1) (b) "Livestock" means cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, farm-raised
6deer
and other species of animals susceptible of use in the production of meat and
7meat products.
SB356-SSA1, s. 57 8Section 57. 97.42 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,14,109 97.42 (1) (a) "Animal" means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, commercially raised
10farm-raised deer, horses, mules, and other equines.
SB356-SSA1, s. 58 11Section 58. 97.42 (1) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
SB356-SSA1, s. 59 12Section 59. 97.42 (1) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB356-SSA1,14,1313 97.42 (1) (dm) "Farm-raised deer" has the meaning given in s. 95.001 (1) (a).
SB356-SSA1, s. 60 14Section 60. 97.42 (3) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,14,2215 97.42 (3) (em) (title) Slaughter of commercially raised farm-raised deer. The
16requirements of pars. (a) and (b) do not apply to the slaughter of a commercially
17raised
farm-raised deer if its meat food products are not sold by a person holding a
18restaurant permit under s. 254.64 or by an operator of a retail food establishment,
19as defined under s. 97.30 (1) (c). The operator of an establishment in which
20commercially raised farm-raised deer, their carcasses or their meat food products
21are examined and inspected under this subsection shall pay the department for the
22cost of the department's examination and inspection.
SB356-SSA1, s. 61 23Section 61. 97.42 (4) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB356-SSA1,15,324 97.42 (4) (em) The rate at which an operator of an establishment that
25slaughters commercially raised farm-raised deer or processes the meat products of

1commercially raised farm-raised deer shall pay the costs of examination and
2inspection under sub. (3) (em) and the manner in which the department shall collect
3those amounts.
SB356-SSA1, s. 62 4Section 62. 97.42 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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