AB514,54,1212 (a) That the wild animals receive humane treatment.
AB514,54,1313 (b) That the wild animals are held under sanitary conditions.
AB514,54,1414 (c) That the wild animals receive adequate housing, care and food.
AB514,54,1515 (d) The public is protected from injury by the wild animals.
AB514,54,22 16(3) Rules; housing. The rules for housing under sub. (2) shall include
17requirements for the size and location of permanent enclosures and of temporary
18enclosures at locations other than those where the wild animals are permanently
19housed. The rules regulating the location of enclosures shall include the distance
20required between 2 enclosures. The rules for housing shall include specifications for
21enclosures for each type of inherently dangerous wild animal that the department
22designates under s. 22.11 (1).
AB514,54,25 23(4) Orders. (a) The department may issue an order requiring any person
24holding a license under this chapter to comply with the rules promulgated under sub.
25(2).
AB514,55,2
1(b) Any person who fails to comply with an order issued under par. (a) within
210 days after its issuance will be subject to penalties provided in s. 22.42.
AB514,55,9 3(5) Free-roaming wild animals. A person holding a captive wild animal farm
4license or a deer farm license shall make a reasonable effort to drive free-roaming
5wild animals from land subject to the license that will be enclosed before the land is
6enclosed. If any white-tailed deer remain in the boundaries of a deer farm fence, the
7department may authorize the hunting of those deer. A person holding a Class B deer
8farm license shall pay the department $250 for each deer remaining within the
9boundaries.
AB514,55,12 1022.37 Prohibited activities; trespassing. (1) Diseased wild animals. (a)
11No person may sell, lease, transfer, move from one location to another, release or
12dispose of any wild animal if any of the following applies:
AB514,55,1413 1. The wild animal is under a quarantine order and the department issuing the
14order does not authorize the sale, lease, transfer, move or disposal.
AB514,55,1515 2. Testing for disease has been conducted and the results are pending.
AB514,55,2016 3. The person knows that the wild animal has been exposed to or has been
17infected with a contagious or infectious disease as defined under rules promulgated
18by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection under s. 95.001 (2),
19or a reportable disease as designated by the department of natural resources under
20s. 22.41 (2).
AB514,55,2121 (b) No person may misrepresent the disease status of any wild animal.
AB514,55,2422 (c) No person may fail to present any wild animal for any required testing for
23disease as required by the department or by the department of agriculture, trade and
24consumer protection.
AB514,56,2
1(d) The prohibition under sub. (1) (a) 3. does not apply if results from testing
2for the disease show that the wild animal is not likely to transmit the disease.
AB514,56,63 (e) No veterinarian may fail to report a contagious or infectious disease, as
4defined under rules promulgated by the department of agriculture, trade and
5consumer protection under s. 95.001 (2), or a reportable disease, as designated by the
6department of natural resources under s. 22.41 (2), in a wild animal.
AB514,56,9 7(2) Tampering; commingling. (a) No person may remove, alter or tamper in any
8way with any form of official identification on a wild animal, including any ear or
9back tag, leg band or tattoo.
AB514,56,1110 (b) No person may cause or permit the commingling of wild animals with
11domesticated animals.
AB514,56,16 12(3) Taking of wild animals. A person who hunts, traps, kills or takes a wild
13animal subject to this chapter on land subject to a license issued under this chapter
14without the permission of the license holder or of the holder's employe or agent is
15liable to the license holder for any damage that the person causes to any wild animal
16that is subject to this chapter or to any property or land that is subject to the license.
AB514,56,21 1722.38 Quarantines. (1) Summary action. (a) The department of natural
18resources or the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection may
19summarily issue a quarantine order to control contagious, infectious or
20communicable diseases, to protect the health of wild animals and domesticated
21animals in this state and to control the possessing of wild animals in this state.
AB514,56,2322 (b) No person may move any wild animal in violation of a quarantine order or
23fail to comply with the terms and conditions of a quarantine order.
AB514,57,2 24(2) Service of notice. No quarantine is effective until written notice of the
25quarantine is served upon any person possessing the wild animals and on any person

1controlling the premises affected by the quarantine order. The department issuing
2the order may serve a quarantine order in any of the following ways:
AB514,57,33 (a) By personal service.
AB514,57,44 (b) By registered mail.
AB514,57,65 (c) By posting a copy of the order at 2 conspicuous places on the premises
6affected by the quarantine.
AB514,57,9 7(3) Proof of service. Service of the quarantine order shall be proved by
8affidavit, except for service by registered mail. Proof of service shall be filed with the
9department.
AB514,57,11 10(4) Contents of order. The quarantine order shall contain all of the following
11information:
AB514,57,1212 (a) The name and address of the person affected by the quarantine.
AB514,57,1313 (b) The identification of all wild animals affected by the quarantine.
AB514,57,1414 (c) A description of the premises affected by the quarantine.
AB514,57,1515 (d) The reason or justification for the quarantine.
AB514,57,1616 (e) All terms and conditions applicable to the quarantine.
AB514,57,1717 (f) Notice of the right to request a hearing to review the quarantine.
AB514,57,20 18(5) Duration of quarantine. Quarantines shall remain in effect until a written
19notice of release is issued by the department issuing the order or until a decision
20releasing the quarantine is rendered under sub. (6).
AB514,57,25 21(6) Review of quarantine. Any person affected by a quarantine shall be
22granted a hearing by the department issuing the order if the person requests the
23hearing within 30 days after the date of the service of the quarantine order. The
24hearing shall be treated as a contested case if the requirements of s. 227.42 (1) are
25met.
AB514,58,2
122.39 Disposal and removal of wild animals. (1) Disposition. The
2department may seize, dispose of or order the disposal of any of the following:
AB514,58,53 (a) Any animal that is possessed, taken, introduced, stocked, released,
4exhibited, propagated, rehabilitated, hunted, sold or purchased in violation of this
5chapter.
AB514,58,116 (b) Any dead, dying or sick wild animal that has been exposed to or is known
7to be infected with a contagious or infectious disease as defined in the rules
8promulgated by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection under
9s. 95.001 (2), with a reportable disease as designated by the department of natural
10resources under s. 22.41 (2) or with a disease or parasite that has pathological
11significance to humans or to any animals.
AB514,58,1612 (c) Any wild animal that has escaped and that has not been returned to its
13owner or other person authorized to possess the wild animal. The department may
14not dispose of the wild animal until 72 hours have elapsed after the escape unless
15the department determines that the wild animal poses a risk to public safety or to
16the health of other animals.
AB514,58,1717 (d) Any wild animal housed or held in an inhumane manner.
AB514,58,24 18(2) Entry violations. The department shall notify the owner of a wild animal
19that has entered this state in violation of s. 22.35 or that is in violation of a
20quarantine order issued under s. 22.38 that the owner has an opportunity to comply
21with s. 22.35 or the quarantine order issued under s. 22.38 within a given number
22of days as specified by the department in the notice. If the owner fails to comply
23within the specified number of days, the department may seize and dispose of the
24wild animal or order the disposal of the wild animal or its removal from this state.
AB514,59,3
1(3) Expense of disposal. The owner of a wild animal that is disposed of or
2removed by the department under this section shall reimburse the department for
3its expenses incurred in the disposal or removal.
AB514,59,7 422.40 Local ordinances. (1) Strict conformity; exception. (a) A city, village,
5town or county may enact and enforce an ordinance relating to possessing or selling
6live wild animals. Except as provided in par. (b), the ordinance shall be in strict
7conformity with this chapter.
AB514,59,88 (b) An ordinance enacted under this section may do any of the following:
AB514,59,109 1. Prohibit any person or certain groups of persons from possessing certain
10types of live captive wild animals.
AB514,59,1211 2. Prohibit any person or certain groups of persons from selling certain types
12of live captive wild animals.
AB514,59,24 13(2) Department approval. The department shall review and shall approve or
14disapprove any ordinance proposed to be enacted under sub (1) (b). The department
15shall disapprove a proposed ordinance if it determines that the ordinance fails to
16comply with the requirements under sub. (1). The city, village, town or county clerk
17shall submit the proposed ordinance in writing to the department at least 60 days
18before final action on the ordinance by the city, village, town or county. No later than
1920 days after receipt by the department of the proposed ordinance, the department
20shall notify the clerk of the city, village, town or county in writing of its decision
21whether to approve or disapprove the ordinance. If the department disapproves the
22proposed ordinance, the written notification shall include a written decision giving
23the grounds for the disapproval and suggesting any changes in the ordinance that
24would result in the ordinance being approved by the department.
AB514,60,3
122.41 Rules by the department. (1) Domesticated animals. The
2department shall promulgate rules specifying which animals are domesticated
3animals for purposes of s. 22.01 (14) (b).
AB514,60,5 4(2) Reportable diseases. The department may promulgate rules listing
5reportable diseases for purposes of this chapter and s. 29.535.
AB514,60,7 6(3) Introduction requirements. (a) The department may promulgate rules to
7establish the following:
AB514,60,98 1. Additional requirements that wild animals shall meet before they enter this
9state.
AB514,60,1110 2. Additional requirements that any animals shall meet before they may
11introduced, stocked or released into the wild.
AB514,60,1312 (b) The requirements under par. (a) may include mandatory testing of the
13animals for disease.
AB514,60,16 14(4) Certificates. The department may promulgate rules that establish the
15information that is required for issuing, and that shall be provided on, interstate
16health certificates and certificates of veterinary inspection.
AB514,60,19 1722.42 Penalties; revocations. (1) Definition. In this section, "violation of
18this chapter" means a violation of this chapter or any rule promulgated under this
19chapter.
AB514,60,21 20(2) Penalties. For a violation of this chapter, a person shall be subject to a
21forfeiture of not more than $200, except as follows:
AB514,60,2422 (a) Possession. For possessing any live wild animal, or a carcass of a wild
23animal, in violation of this chapter, a person shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more
24than $500.
AB514,61,3
1(b) Sale or purchase. For selling or purchasing any live wild animal in violation
2of this chapter, a person shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $2,000 or
3imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both.
AB514,61,74 (c) Possession, sale, release and descenting of live skunks. For possessing,
5selling, purchasing, descenting, introducing, stocking or releasing into the wild a live
6skunk in violation of this chapter, a person shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more
7than $1,000. This penalty shall apply in lieu of the penalties under pars. (a) and (b).
AB514,61,108 (d) Taking of bear and deer. For taking bear or deer from the wild in violation
9of s. 22.04, or a rule promulgate thereunder, a person shall be fined not less than
10$1,000 nor more than $2,000 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both.
AB514,61,1411 (e) Diseased and environmentally injurious wild animals. For a violation of s.
1222.11 (2) (b) or (c) or 22.37 (1) or a quarantine order issued under s. 22.38, a person
13shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more
14than 6 months or both.
AB514,61,1715 (f) Selling or purchasing venison from white-tailed deer. For violation of s.
1622.13 (1) or (2) or rules promulgated thereunder, a person shall be fined not less than
17$1,000 nor more than $2,000 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both.
AB514,61,2118 (g) Obtaining license during period of revocation. For obtaining any license
19under this chapter during the period of time when that license is revoked or
20suspended by any court, a person shall be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned
21for not more than 90 days or both.
AB514,61,24 22(3) Diminished penalties. No penalty imposed under sub. (2) shall be held to
23be diminished because the violation for which it is imposed falls also within the scope
24of a more general prohibition.
AB514,62,5
1(4) Penalties; repeaters. If a person is convicted of any violation of this chapter
2and it is alleged in the indictment, information or complaint, and proved or admitted
3on trial or ascertained by the court after conviction that the person was previously
4convicted within a period of 5 years for a violation of this chapter, the person shall
5be subject to all of the following in addition to the penalty for the current violation:
AB514,62,76 (a) The person shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned for not more
7than 6 months or both.
AB514,62,118 (b) For violations under sub. (2) (a), (b), (d) and (e), the court shall revoke all
9of the licenses issued to the person under this chapter, and the department may not
10issue any license under this chapter to the person for a period of one year after the
11current conviction.
AB514,62,14 12(5) Court revocations and suspensions. In addition to or in lieu of any other
13penalty for violation of this chapter, the court may revoke or suspend any privilege
14or license under this chapter for a period of up to 3 years.
AB514,62,17 15(6) Revocations by the department. In addition to the revocation proceeding
16under sub. (4), the department may revoke any license to which any of the following
17applies:
AB514,62,1918 (a) The department determines that the license was fraudulently procured,
19erroneously issued or otherwise prohibited by law.
AB514,62,2120 (b) The department determines that the person holding the license is not in
21compliance with this chapter or with a rule promulgated under this chapter.
AB514,63,2 22(7) Prohibitions during periods of suspension or revocation. (a) Any person
23who has had an approval or privilege under this chapter revoked or suspended and
24who engages in the activity authorized by the approval or in the privilege during the

1period of revocation or suspension is subject to the following penalties, in addition
2to any other penalty imposed for failure to have an approval:
AB514,63,43 1. For the first conviction, the person shall forfeit not less than $300 nor more
4than $500.
AB514,63,65 2. If the number of convictions in a 5-year period equals 2 or more, the person
6shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000.
AB514,63,87 (b) The 5-year period under par. (a) 2. shall be measured from the dates of the
8violations which resulted in the convictions.
AB514,63,13 9(8) Parties to a violation. (a) Whoever is concerned in the commission of a
10violation of this chapter is a principal and may be charged with and convicted of the
11violation of this chapter although he or she did not directly commit it and although
12the person who directly committed it has not been convicted of the violation of this
13chapter.
AB514,63,1514 (b) A person is concerned in the commission of the violation of this chapter if
15the person does any of the following:
AB514,63,1616 1. Directly commits the violation of this chapter.
AB514,63,1717 2. Aids and abets the commission of the violation of this chapter.
AB514,63,1918 3. Is a party to a conspiracy with another to commit the violation of this chapter
19or advises, hires or counsels or otherwise procures another to commit it.
AB514,63,24 2022.43 Natural resources assessments and restitution payments. (1)
21Natural resources assessments. (a) If a court imposes a fine or forfeiture for a
22violation of this chapter or a rule promulgated under this chapter, the court shall
23impose a natural resources assessment equal to 75% of the amount of the fine or
24forfeiture.
AB514,64,2
1(b) If a fine or forfeiture is suspended in whole or in part, the natural resources
2assessment shall be reduced in proportion to the suspension.
AB514,64,83 (c) If any deposit is made for an offense to which this subsection applies, the
4person making the deposit shall also deposit a sufficient amount to include the
5natural resources assessment prescribed in this subsection. If the deposit is
6forfeited, the amount of the natural resources assessment shall be transmitted to the
7state treasurer under par. (d). If the deposit is returned, the natural resources
8assessment shall also be returned.
AB514,64,139 (d) The clerk of the court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer the
10natural resources assessment and other amounts required under s. 59.40 (2) (m).
11The county treasurer shall then make payment to the state treasurer as provided in
12s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. The state treasurer shall deposit the amount of the natural
13resources assessment in the conservation fund.
AB514,64,1514 (e) All moneys collected from natural resources assessments shall be deposited
15in the conservation fund and credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (3) (mu).
AB514,64,20 16(2) Natural resources restitution payments. (a) If a court imposes a fine or
17forfeiture for a violation of this chapter for failure to obtain a license required under
18this chapter, the court shall impose a natural resources restitution payment equal
19to the amount of the fee for the license that was required and should have been
20obtained.
AB514,64,2321 (b) If a fine or forfeiture is suspended in whole or in part, the natural resources
22restitution payment shall be reduced in proportion to the suspension unless the court
23directs otherwise.
AB514,65,424 (c) If any deposit is made for an offense to which this subsection applies, the
25person making the deposit shall also deposit a sufficient amount to include the

1natural resources restitution payment prescribed in this subsection. If the deposit
2is forfeited, the amount of the natural resources restitution payment shall be
3transmitted to the state treasurer under par. (d). If the deposit is returned, the
4natural resources restitution payment shall also be returned.
AB514,65,95 (d) The clerk of the court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer the
6natural resources restitution payment and other amounts required under s. 59.40
7(2) (m). The county treasurer shall then make payment to the state treasurer as
8provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. The state treasurer shall deposit the amount of the
9natural resources restitution payment in the conservation fund.
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