Note: The provision that creates liability for damage to the property of a licensed
pheasant and quail farm is eliminated, because this liability exists under general
principles of law and does not need to be restated. The provision that creates liability for
damage resulting from unauthorized hunting of pheasant and quail on a licensed farm
is retained, because this provision negates the ability of the unauthorized hunter to argue
that the pheasant and quail were the property of the state and could be hunted in the
same manner as other animals.
AB864,178,9
6(8) Notwithstanding any other provision of
the statutes to the contrary this
7chapter, no person hunting
upon on a licensed
shooting preserve pheasant or quail
8farm may be is required to hold a hunting license
for hunting those game species for
9which the preserve has been licensed under this section.
AB864, s. 617
10Section
617. 29.574 of the statutes is renumbered 29.867, and 29.867 (1), (2),
11(3), (3m), (3n), (5), (6) (a) and (c), (6m), (7) and (8), as renumbered, are amended to
12read:
AB864,179,213
29.867
(1) The owner or lessee of
any lands
within the state suitable for the
14breeding and propagating of game, birds or animals
as may be approved by the
15department shall have the right may, upon complying with this section,
to establish
,
16operate and maintain a game bird and animal farm for the purpose of breeding,
17propagating, killing and selling game birds and game animals
on such lands, the
18acreage and size of which shall be determined by the department. All waterfowl
19bred, propagated or held on a game bird and animal farm
licensed pursuant to this
20section shall be enclosed within a covered enclosure by the licensee throughout the
1open season for hunting waterfowl in the state
when written or oral notice is given
2to the licensee as required by the department
or its agents.
AB864,179,9
3(2) Such owner or lessee A person desiring to establish
, operate and maintain
4a game bird and animal farm
in conformity with this section, shall file with the
5department
a verified declaration, describing the lands which such applicant for a
6license desires to use for the purpose of breeding and propagating such game birds
7or animals and setting forth also the title and leasehold of the applicant and the
8number of acres embraced in said tract an application in the form and with the
9information required by the department.
AB864,180,5
10(3) Upon
the filing of such declaration
issuance of the license, the department
11shall
forthwith investigate the same and may require the applicant to produce
12satisfactory evidence of the facts therein stated. It will be necessary for the licensee
13to purchase all wild game within the boundaries of the proposed farm of the species
14designated in the license, and to effect this purpose the department thereupon shall 15appoint one
member person, the
applicant
licensee shall appoint one
member 16person, and these 2
appointees shall select a 3rd
member, the 3 to act as a board to
17go upon the lands embraced within the proposed license and person, to determine as
18near accurately as possible the number of wild birds and animals of the desired
19species
thereon on the land at the time of the
granting issuing of the license. The
20necessary expenses of
all of the members of such board
these persons shall be paid
21by the licensee. Within 30 days after the date of
such the determination as
accepted 22approved by the department
, the licensee shall pay to the department a specified sum
23as may be determined by the department for those species of wild birds
or wild and 24animals on the
lands licensed premises that are desired for propagation purposes,
25the title of which
rests is in the state.
If upon such examination it appears that the
1applicant is the owner or lessee of said lands, and the applicant intends in good faith
2to establish, operate and maintain a game bird and animal farm, the department
3shall issue a license to the applicant describing such lands, and certifying that the
4licensee is lawfully entitled to use the same for the breeding, propagating, killing and
5selling of such game birds and animals thereon according to this section.
AB864,180,10
6(3g) When
such license has been granted the payment under sub. (3g) has been
7made, the licensee shall become the owner of all
such game birds or animals
thereon 8of the species licensed and of all of their offspring actually produced
thereon and
9remaining
thereon on the licensed premises, subject
however to the jurisdiction of
10the department over all game.
AB864,180,21
11(3m) No game bird and animal farm license
shall may be issued after May 24,
121961,
other than those already in operation except for those which are already being
13maintained, for any area less than one-quarter mile from the exterior boundaries of
14an approved a state or federal wildlife area, public hunting grounds or refuge which
15is managed in whole or in part for pheasants
. All lands under one license shall be
16contiguous. This section shall not prohibit the licensing of game bird and animal
17farms within one-quarter mile of approved state or federal wildlife areas, public
18hunting grounds, or refuges provided such, unless the licensed
farms premises are
19completely enclosed
, including an enclosed top of woven wire with mesh not larger
20than 6 inches as required by the department. All lands under one license shall be
21contiguous.
AB864,181,3
22(3n) Within 30 days after
the date of the issuance of
any such a game bird and
23animal farm license, the licensee shall
erect posts or stakes post signs at intervals
24of not more than
80 rods 440 yards along the boundary of the
land embraced in said
25license, wherever the same is not already enclosed, and shall post and maintain,
1upon said posts, stakes or other enclosure, notices proclaiming the establishment of 2licensed premises stating that the premises is a game bird and animal farm.
Such
3notices The signs shall be furnished by the department to the licensee at cost.
AB864,181,13
4(5) Such A game bird and animal farm license
shall be is prima facie evidence
5in all courts and proceedings of the
lawful right of the licensee
therein named or the
6licensee's successors or assigns,
for during the term of the license, to establish and
7operate such maintain a game bird and animal farm
upon said on the licensed 8premises, and
shall entitle entitles the licensee
therein named, or the licensee's
9successors or assigns,
during the term of the license, to the exclusive right
for and 10during said term to breed and propagate
such game birds and animals
thereon on
11the licensed premises, and to the exclusive
and sole ownership of
any property in all
12such licensed game birds and animals
caught or taken
therefrom on the licensed
13premises.
AB864,182,6
14(6) (a)
Such The game birds and animals, except waterfowl, may be taken at
15any time in any manner, subject to s.
29.245 29.314, by
persons qualified under this
16chapter any person who is lawfully entitled to hunt
thereon on the licensed premises,
17except that such a person hunting on the licensed premises is not required to hold
18a hunting license. Waterfowl may only be taken
pursuant to the under rules
19promulgated by the department
and in effect governing the hunting of waterfowl,
20except that upon written application the department may authorize the taking of
21hand-reared mallards at any time within the boundaries of a licensed game bird and
22animal farm in numbers not to exceed those liberated or propagated when
it appears
23to the satisfaction of the department
determines that only mallards liberated or
24propagated by the licensee will be taken on
such farm
licensed premises. The
25applicant shall certify to the department that mallards liberated or propagated for
1shooting hunting were produced and reared in captivity and are more than 2
2generations removed from the wild. Hand-reared mallards
shall may not be
3released for
shooting hunting purposes unless
such the mallards have first been
4identified as the department directs. Mallards confined to wholly enclosed pens or
5buildings may be taken within such pens or buildings at any time and in any
6numbers.
AB864,182,21
7(b) No
such game bird or animal or mallards killed on
such farm the licensed
8premises and no live game bird or animal or mallards to be consumed as food
shall 9may be removed
therefrom from the premises until there has been securely fastened
10to each bird or animal a band or tag furnished by the department to the licensee at
11cost.
Such The band or tag shall remain attached to the bird or animal until prepared
12for consumption. Live birds and animals may be sold or transported. Each container
13carrying such live birds or animals shall have attached
thereto to it a band or tag
as
14set forth above furnished by the department. Live birds or animals acquired from
15the licensee to be consumed as food
shall may not be kept
in a live condition alive by
16any person beyond 48 hours from the time
such that the birds or animals were
17acquired from
such the licensee.
Correct and complete book records of sales and
18purchases of live birds and animals disclosing the time and date of such sales and
19whether or not such live birds and animals were acquired to be consumed as food
20shall be kept by the licensee. Certified copies of such records shall be furnished by
21the licensee to the department on request, on forms furnished by the department.
AB864,182,2422
(c) Whenever any
such bird or animal
shall be from a game bird and animal
23farm is consumed for food, the
band or tag attached to
such the bird or animal shall
24be kept
in evidence until
such the bird or animal is consumed.
AB864,183,3
1(6m) Notwithstanding any other provision of
the statutes to the contrary this
2chapter, no person hunting
upon on a
licensed game bird and animal farm
shall be 3is required to hold a hunting license.
AB864,183,10
4(7) Any person other than the licensee,
the licensee's bona fide regular
5employes, or persons having permission from or a person authorized by the licensee
, 6who
shall hunt or shoot hunts game birds or animals
upon any lands described in any
7such license, shall be on the licensed premises is liable to the licensee in the sum of
8$100, in addition to all damage which the person
may do to the farm or does to the
9game birds or animals
, and property thereon, but
all actions for such trespass any
10action to recover damages shall be brought by
such
the licensee.
Note: The provision that creates liability for damage to the property of a licensed
game bird and animal farm is eliminated, because this liability exists under general
principles of law and does not need to be restated. The provision that creates liability for
damage resulting from unauthorized hunting on a licensed game bird and animal farm
is retained, because this provision negates the ability of the unauthorized hunter to argue
that the game birds and animals were the property of the state and could be hunted in
the same manner as other animals.
AB864,183,15
11(8) Each licensee shall keep
a correct and complete book record of licensed
12animals and birds records as required by the department
of natural resources on the
13forms furnished by the department. The licensed
area premises and records may be
14inspected by the department
or its wardens at any time
. Copies of the records under
15oath and copies of the records shall be furnished to the department on request.
AB864, s. 618
16Section
618. 29.575 of the statutes is renumbered 29.869, and 29.869 (1)
17(intro.) and (c) and (2) to (10), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB864,184,218
29.869
(1) (intro.) The owner or lessee of any lands suitable for the breeding
19and propagating of fur animals may, upon complying with this section, establish
,
20operate and maintain
on such lands a fur animal farm, for the purpose of breeding,
21propagating, trapping and dealing in fur animals. Fur animal farms
as licensed
1under this section shall be of one or more of the following categories as specified in
2the license:
AB864,184,33
(c) Mink, except domestic mink as defined in s.
29.579 29.873.
AB864,184,10
4(2) Such owner or lessee A person desiring to establish
, operate and maintain
5a fur animal farm
, in conformity with this section, shall file with the department
a
6verified declaration describing the lands which such applicant desires to use for the
7purpose of breeding and propagating fur animals and setting forth the title or
8leasehold of the applicant and the number of acres which will be maintained as a fur
9animal farm. Acres an application in the form and with the information required by
10the department. The land under one license need not be contiguous.
AB864,184,19
11(3) Upon the filing of such declaration the department shall investigate and
12may require the applicant to produce satisfactory evidence of the facts stated in the
13declaration. If
it appears that the applicant is the owner or lessee of the lands,
the
14land is suitable for the breeding and propagating of fur animals and
that the
15applicant intends in good faith to establish
, operate and maintain a fur animal farm,
16the department shall issue a license to the applicant. The license shall describe the
17lands and
shall certify that authorize the licensee
is entitled to use the same for
18dealing, breeding, propagating and trapping to breed, propagate, trap and deal in fur
19animals
that are on the
land described in the license licensed premises.
AB864,185,11
20(4) Upon issuance of the license, the department shall appoint one person, the
21applicant licensee shall appoint one person, and these 2
appointees shall select a 3rd
22person
, to
enter the lands and determine the number of fur animals
thereon on the
23land at the time of the
granting issuing of the license. The necessary expenses of
24these persons shall be paid by the licensee. Within 10 days after the date of
such the 25determination, the licensee shall pay to the department $2.50 for each beaver, 50
1cents for each muskrat, $2.50 for each mink, $2.50 for each otter, $1 for each raccoon,
2and 50 cents for each skunk
so found on
such lands the land. Only those animals to
3be licensed under the fur animal farm are to be paid for. When
such payment has
4been made
, the licensee
shall become
becomes the owner of
such the fur animals on
5said lands the licensed premises and of all of their offspring
remaining thereon on
6the premises. The licensee
shall have the right to may manage and control
said lands 7the licensed premises and the licensed fur animals
thereon, to on the premises, take
8the
same animals at any time or in any manner, subject to s.
29.245, which the
9licensee sees fit and deems to the best advantage of the licensee's business 29.314,
10and
to sell and transport at any time
said the fur animals or the pelts taken from
11them.
AB864,185,18
12(6) Within 30 days after
the date of
the issuance of
any such a fur animal farm 13license, the licensee shall
erect posts or stakes
post signs at intervals of not more than
1480 rods 440 yards along the boundary of the
land embraced in the license wherever
15the lands are not already enclosed, and shall post and maintain upon the posts,
16stakes or other enclosures notices proclaiming the establishment of
licensed
17premises stating that the premises are a fur animal farm.
Such notices The signs 18shall be furnished by the department to the licensee at cost.
AB864,185,25
19(7) A
valid fur animal farm license is prima facie evidence
in all courts and
20proceedings of the right of the licensee
, or the licensee's successors or assigns
, during
21the term of the license, to establish and
operate
maintain a fur animal farm
upon on 22the
licensed premises and entitles the licensee
, or the licensee's successors or
23assigns
, during the term of the license, to the exclusive right to breed and propagate
24fur animals
upon on the
licensed premises and to the exclusive
and sole ownership
25of
any property in all fur animals
caught or taken
on the licensed premises.
AB864,186,6
1(8) Any person, other than the licensee
, or
agents a person authorized by the
2licensee, who hunts or traps fur animals upon
any lands described in any such license
3shall be on the licensed premises is liable to the licensee in the sum of $100, in
4addition to all damage which the person does
to the farm or to the fur animals
and
5property, but
all actions for such trespass any action to recover damages shall be
6brought by
such the licensee.
Note: The provision that creates liability for damage to the property of a licensed
fur farm is eliminated, because this liability exists under general principles of law and
does not need to be restated. The provision that creates liability for damage resulting
from unauthorized hunting or trapping on a licensed fur farm is retained, because this
provision negates the ability of the unauthorized hunter to argue that the animals were
the property of the state and could be hunted or trapped in the same manner as other
animals.
AB864,186,11
7(9) Each licensee shall keep
a correct and complete book record of licensed
8animals records as required by the department
on the forms furnished by the
9department. The licensed
area premises and records may be inspected by the
10department
or deputies at any time
. Certified and copies of
such
the records shall
11be furnished to the department on request.
AB864,186,13
12(10) Nothing in this section
shall be construed to affect affects any public right
13of hunting, fishing or navigation except as
herein expressly provided.
AB864, s. 619
14Section
619. 29.578 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 29.871 (title).
AB864, s. 620
15Section
620. 29.578 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 29.871 (1) and amended
16to read:
AB864,187,217
29.871
(1) The owner or lessee of any lands
within this state suitable for
18breeding and propagating of deer
shall have the right
may, upon complying with this
19section
to, establish
, operate and maintain a deer farm for the purpose of breeding,
20propagating, killing and selling deer
on such lands, the acreage and size of which
1shall be determined by the department. Such deer farm must be completely inclosed
2by a fence. Any.
AB864,187,8
3(4m) Any streams whether meandered or not, flowing into or out of an
inclosed 4enclosed deer farm, and of a swampy, marshy or boggy character and not navigable
5in fact at all times of the year by ordinary boats or pleasure craft, and which are not
6of any substantial beneficial use to the public, shall not be considered navigable so
7as to prevent erection and maintenance over them, of the type of fence prescribed and
8permitted by this section.
AB864, s. 621
9Section
621. 29.578 (1m) of the statutes is renumbered 29.871 (1m).
AB864, s. 622
10Section
622. 29.578 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 29.871 (2) and amended
11to read:
AB864,187,1712
29.871
(2) Such owner or lessee A person desiring to establish
, operate and
13maintain a deer farm
in conformity with this section shall file with the department
14a verified declaration, describing the lands which such applicant for a license desires
15to use for the purpose of breeding and propagating deer and setting forth also the title
16or leasehold of the applicant and the number of acres embraced in said tract an
17application in the form and with the information required by the department.
AB864, s. 623
18Section
623. 29.578 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 29.871 (4g) and amended
19to read:
AB864,188,520
29.871
(4g) Upon
the filing of such declaration the department shall forthwith
21investigate the same and may require the applicant to produce satisfactory evidence
22of the facts therein stated. Upon receipt of such declaration
issuance of the license, 23the department shall determine as
near accurately as possible the number of deer
24on
such lands the licensed premises. The necessary expenses of
such investigation 25the determination shall be paid by the licensee.
The licensee shall pay the
1department $25 for each deer found on the license premises. When payment has
2been made, the licensee becomes the owner of all of the deer on the licensed premises
3and of all of the offspring on the licensed premises. The licensee may manage and
4control the licensed premises and the deer on the premises, kill the deer subject to
5s. 29.314 and sell the deer as provided under this section.
AB864, s. 624
6Section
624. 29.578 (4) to (13) of the statutes are renumbered 29.871 (4) to (13)
7and amended to read:
AB864,189,28
29.871
(4) The licensee shall pay to the department $25 for each deer so found
9on such lands. When such payment has been made and the license issued, the
10licensee shall become the owner of all deer on said lands and of all their offspring.
11The licensee shall have the right to manage and control said lands and the deer
12thereon, to kill the deer, subject to s. 29.245, and to sell the deer as provided by this
13section. If upon examination it shall appear that If the applicant is the owner or
14lessee of
said the lands
, and
that the applicant intends in good faith to establish
,
15operate and maintain a deer farm, the department may inform the applicant that
, 16as soon as the applicant has built a suitable deer fence around the
area premises to
17be included within the license, it will issue
the same. Said a license. The applicant
18shall install a deer-tight fence
shall be built in accordance with specifications
19prescribed by the department
; provided, the department may issue a license for such
20deer farms heretofore established if the fence actually inclosing said farm is in fact
21sufficient to hold deer therein. After the
complete installation of
such the fence
and
22after, the department
has satisfied itself that it is satisfactory and complies with the
23law, it may shall issue a license to the applicant
describing such. The license shall
24describe the lands
, and certifying that and authorize the licensee
is lawfully entitled
25to use the same for the breeding, propagating, killing and selling of deer thereon
1according to this section to breed, propagate, kill and sell the deer that are on the
2licensed premises.
AB864,189,4
3(5) The deer farm license shall be renewed each year if the licensee has not
4violated any of the provisions under which it was
granted issued.
AB864,189,12
5(6) Such A deer farm license
shall be is prima facie evidence
in all courts and
6proceedings of the
lawful right of the licensee
therein named or the licensee's
7successors or assigns,
for during the term of the license, to establish and
operate 8maintain a deer farm
upon said on the licensed premises, and
shall entitle entitles 9the licensee
therein named or the licensee's successors or assigns,
during the term
10of the license, to the exclusive right
for and during said term to breed
and, propagate
,
11kill subject to s. 29.314 and sell deer
thereon
on the land, and to the exclusive
and
12sole ownership of
any property in all deer
caught or taken
therefrom on the land.
AB864,190,2
13(7) Deer on a deer farm
shall may be killed only by the licensee or
bona fide
14regular the licensee's employes except that on licensed deer farms, not less than 10
15acres in area, deer may be killed by persons expressly authorized by the licensee who
16are
otherwise qualified under this chapter lawfully entitled to hunt deer except that
17no any person hunting
upon on a licensed deer farm
shall be
is not required to hold
18a hunting license for deer
; and all such. All deer killed
on a deer farm shall be
19distinctly tagged with a tag
to be furnished by the department to the licensee at cost
20not exceeding 5 cents each. The licensee shall pay to the department $1 for each deer
21so killed. Before any deer on a licensed deer farm
shall may be killed, the licensee
22shall notify the department
or one of its representatives in advance of the taking of
23such the deer, and the department
or its representatives shall
make
24acknowledgment of acknowledge receipt of
said the notice and
such the 25acknowledgment when received by the licensee
shall be
is authority for taking deer.
1The department or any of its
duly authorized representatives may be present while
2the taking of
such deer is in progress.
AB864,190,7
3(8) After a deer is
so killed and tagged
, only the entire carcass
only shall may 4be sold and transported, except as provided in sub. (14). The tag
must shall remain
5on the carcass while in transit. A deer farm tag may be removed from a gutted
6carcass at the time of butchering, but the person who killed or obtained the deer shall
7retain the tag until the meat is consumed.
AB864,190,18
8(9) Such A licensee may sell and transport live deer providing that the
9department
or one of its representatives be is notified in advance of the shipment of
10such deer, and the department
or its representatives shall make acknowledgment of 11acknowledges receipt of
said the notice
and such. The acknowledgment when
12received by the licensee
shall be is the licensee's authority for shipping deer. The
13licensee shall pay to the department $1 for each live deer sold, and each crate or
14conveyance carrying
such live deer
must shall have a
special tag
or tags attached
15thereto to it for each live deer
transported therein, showing that it is a deer from a
16deer farm. The data on
such the tag
or tags shall be entered in ink or indelible pencil
17and
such the tag
or tags shall be retained by the purchaser of
said live the deer.
Such 18The tags shall be furnished by the department
, its wardens or agents.
AB864,190,24
19(10) Any person other than the licensee
, or the licensee's employes
, who
shall
20hunt or trap hunts deer
upon any lands described in any such license shall be on the
21licensed premises is liable to the licensee in the sum of $100 in addition to all damage
22which the person
may do to said farm or does to the deer
and property thereon, but
23all actions for such trespass any action to recover damages shall be brought by
such 24the licensee.
Note: The provision that creates liability for damage to the property of a licensed
deer farm is eliminated, because this liability exists under general principles of law and
does not need to be restated. The provision that creates liability for damage resulting
from unauthorized hunting on a licensed deer farm is retained, because this provision
negates the ability of the unauthorized hunter to argue that the deer were the property
of the state and could be hunted in the same manner as deer elsewhere in the state.
AB864,192,4
1(11) Each license
shall be accepted by the licensee upon the condition that the
2licensee will comply with this section and with all provisions of law and that the
3licensee will honestly operate said deer farm for the purpose of propagating deer;
4that the and title to the deer in the
inclosure for which a license has been granted and
5for which the applicant has paid the state at the rate of $25 per deer, enclosure shall
6be
conditional conditioned upon the
applicant and licensee
honestly and fairly 7complying with this section and
provisions of law
other statutes and rules relating
8to the
operation maintenance of deer farms
; and in the. In an action to revoke the
9license
of said licensee, or to establish the licensee's unfitness to further operate said
10deer farm, the court, in the judgment,
in the event it is determined that the applicant
11and licensee has violated this section and the provisions of law relating to the
12operation of deer farms, shall provide that the title to all of the deer within
said
13inclosure together with all of the increase therefrom be the enclosure is forfeited to
14the state; that the
said tract of land shall licensed premises may not be used for a deer
15farm for a period of 5 years and until a new license
therefor, after said 5 years, has
16been issued by the department
as provided in this section after the 5-year period;
17that the department shall within 30 days of the notice of entry of judgment enter
18upon said tract the premises and open the
said fences
in such a manner as to give the
19inclosed animals free egress and may drive the
said animals out of the
inclosure if
20in the opinion of the department it is for the best interests of the state; said enclosure;
21that the lands for which
said the license has been forfeited may be used by the owner
22thereof for all lawful purposes except the propagating of deer
during said time,; and
1that during
said 5 year
the 5-year period
said lands shall be a sanctuary and no 2hunting or trapping
of any kind or character shall be practiced therein or thereon is
3prohibited on the land. The department shall
in such event duly post notices
thereof 4of the judgment at intervals of
10 rods 55 yards around the entire
tract
premises.
AB864,192,10
5(12) On or before January 1 of each year, each
such licensee shall
make a report
6to the department,
covering the period from January 1 to December 31 of for the
7previous
calendar year,
upon blanks
on forms furnished by the department, stating
8the number of deer killed and sold and live deer sold
during said period, the names
9and addresses of the persons to whom the
same deer were sold and the dates of
10shipment.
AB864,192,13
11(13) The department
or its wardens shall have the right and power to may 12inspect
such deer farms or the
books
records of
such deer farms at any
and all times
13when they may think the need requires it time.
AB864, s. 625
14Section
625. 29.578 (14) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 29.871 (14) (a) and
15amended to read:
AB864,192,2016
29.871
(14) (a) No person may barter, sell or otherwise deal in the carcasses of
17deer taken from a deer farm unless the person obtains a deer farm sales license from
18the department. Each carcass
of this type of deer that is sold
by a person under this
19license is required to have a
distinctive tag attached to it. The department shall
issue
20these furnish deer farm sales tags
at cost.
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29.871
(14) (am) The department may issue
special retail deer sale permits
24authorizing a person to
sell at retail
white-tailed deer venison
in the carcass from
1a deer lawfully killed under this section
to any retailer of meats if the venison is
2inspected under s. 97.42.
AB864, s. 627
3Section
627. 29.578 (14) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 29.871 (14) (b) and
4amended to read:
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29.871
(14) (b)
Any The department may issue a venison serving permit
6authorizing a person
may to serve venison obtained from a deer farm licensed under
7this section
if the person has a venison serving permit from the department. The
8application for this permit shall be in the form and include the information the
9department requires.
If the The department
after investigation is satisfied that the
10application is satisfactory it shall may issue a venison serving permit conditioned as
11follows:
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2. It shall be exhibited in a conspicuous place in the premises where
such 13venison is retained and served.
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3. It shall contain the name and address of the applicant
together with, the
15name and address of the premises where the venison will be retained and served,
16together with the source of the venison,
and the sex, approximate weight and deer
17farm tag numbers of the carcass. The deer farm tag may be removed from a gutted
18carcass at the time of butchering, but the person who killed or obtained the deer shall
19retain the tag until the venison is consumed.
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4. The permittee
agrees to shall record immediately upon possession all
21additional venison, purchased, possessed or served
during under the permit
period 22in the space provided
therefor on the permit.
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5. The permittee agrees that the department
or its wardens shall have the right
24to may inspect the premises where
such venison is retained or served
and that the
25venison will be inspected under s. 97.42.
AB864, s. 628
1Section
628. 29.578 (14) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 29.871 (14) (b) 6. and
2amended to read:
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29.871
(14) (b) 6.
Each The permittee
under par. (b) shall file a
verified report
4to with the department within 30 days after
the expiration of the permit containing
5such information
regarding the operations under the permit as the department
6requires
on forms furnished in the form required by the department.
AB864, s. 629
7Section
629. 29.578 (15) and (16) of the statutes are renumbered 29.871 (15)
8and (16).
AB864, s. 630
9Section
630. 29.579 of the statutes is renumbered 29.873 and amended to
10read:
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1129.873 Domestic fur-bearing animal farms. The breeding, raising and
12producing in captivity, and the marketing, by the producer, of foxes, fitch, nutria,
13marten, fisher, mink, chinchilla, rabbit or caracul, as live animals, or as animal pelts
14or carcasses shall be
deemed considered an agricultural pursuit, and all such
15animals so raised in captivity shall be
deemed considered domestic animals, subject
16to all the laws of the state with reference to possession, ownership and taxation as
17are at any time applicable to domestic animals. All persons engaged in the foregoing
18activities are farmers and engaged in farming for all statutory purposes.
AB864, s. 631
19Section
631. 29.583 of the statutes is renumbered 29.875 and amended to
20read:
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2129.875 Disposal of escaped deer. (1) The department may seize and dispose
22of or may authorize the disposal of any deer that has escaped from land licensed
23under s.
29.574 29.867 or
29.578 29.871 or owned by a person registered under s.
2495.55 if the escaped deer has traveled more than 3 miles from the land or if the
1licensee or person has not had the deer returned to the land within 72 hours of the
2discovery of the escape.
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3(2) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the department
of natural resources may dispose
4of the deer immediately if the department of agriculture, trade and consumer
5protection determines that the deer poses a risk to public safety or to the health of
6other domestic or wild animals.
AB864, s. 632
7Section
632. 29.585 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 29.877 (title).
AB864, s. 633
8Section
633. 29.585 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 29.877 (2m) and
9amended to read:
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29.877
(2m) The department may
grant
issue licenses for wildlife exhibits
11which are defined as any place where one or more live wild animals are kept in
12captivity for the purpose of exhibition or for advertising purposes. The and shall
13prescribe the form of
the application and license
shall be prescribed by the
14department.
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29.877
(2) (intro.) In this section
, "wild:
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18(a) "Wild animal" means any mammal, fish or bird of a wild nature as
19distinguished from domestic animals under the common law or under the statutes
20whether or not the mammal, fish or bird was bred or reared in captivity, but does not
21include deer of the genus dama, cervus or rangifer or farm-raised fish.
AB864, s. 635
22Section
635. 29.585 (2) (b) to (6) of the statutes are renumbered 29.877 (2) (b)
23to (6) and amended to read:
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29.877
(2) (b) "Wildlife exhibit"
means any place where live wild animals are
25kept in captivity for the purpose of exhibition or for advertising purposes, but does
1not include the exhibition of any live wild animal by any educational institution,
2state
department agency, public zoo, park or garden, circus or theatrical exhibition
3or any
such exhibition sponsored by any organization with the approval of the
4department.
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5(3) No wildlife
exhibition exhibit license
shall may be granted by the
6department until it is satisfied that the provisions for
housing and caring for
such 7the wild animals and for protecting the public are
proper and adequate
and in
8accordance with the standards therefor established by the department.
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9(4) The department shall promulgate
and enforce rules for the
housing, care
,
10treatment, feeding and sanitation of wild animals kept in wildlife exhibits and for
11the protection of the public from injury by the wild animals.
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12(5) No person may
keep any live wild animal in captivity for the purpose of
13exhibition or for advertising purposes or have any wild animal in his or her custody
14or under his or her control for such purpose maintain a wildlife exhibit, unless
the
15person has a wildlife exhibit license
is issued to the person by the department. A
16wildlife exhibit license is required in addition to any game bird and animal farm or
17fur farm license or deer farm license
under s. 29.578 that is required for the
18possession, breeding, propagating or dealing of these wild animals if these farms are
19wildlife exhibits
as defined under sub. (1).
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20(6) Each licensee shall file
an annual, verified a report with the department
21within 30 days after
the expiration of
such the license containing such information
22on the operation of the wildlife exhibit as the department may require and on forms
23furnished by the department.
AB864, s. 636
24Section
636. 29.586 of the statutes is renumbered 29.879, and 29.879 (1) to
25(3), as renumbered, are amended to read:
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129.879
(1) The department
has the authority to may examine all lands
,
2together with and buildings
, licensed as game bird and animal farms, deer farms
or
, 3fur farms
or wildlife exhibits to determine
that all whether wild animals held in
4captivity
on such licensed farms are treated in a humane manner and confined under
5sanitary conditions with proper
and adequate housing, care
and food.
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6(2) The department may order any licensee to comply with standards
7prescribed in
such the order for the
housing, care
, treatment, feeding and sanitation 8of wild animals held in captivity by the licensee.
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9(3) Any such The licensee
who fails to shall comply with
such the order of the
10department within 10 days of
its issuance
will be subject to penalties provided in s.
1129.99.
AB864, s. 637
12Section
637. 29.59 (title) and (1) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are renumbered
1329.885 (title) and (1) (intro.) and (a).
AB864, s. 638
14Section
638. 29.59 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB864, s. 639
15Section
639. 29.59 (1) (c) to (e) of the statutes are renumbered 29.885 (1) (c)
16to (e).
Note: The definition of "daylight hours" is repealed and the substance of the
definition is moved to current s. 29.59 (3) (c) (intro.), the only occurrence of that term.