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1(2) Prohibition; commercial hunting. No person may sell or offer to sell or
2purchase or offer to purchase the opportunity to hunt any wild animal that is or has
3been captive except as authorized under a deer farm license or a bird hunting
4preserve license.
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522.10 Selling and purchasing of live wild animals. (1) Selling. Except
6as authorized under a captive wild animal farm license, a bird hunting preserve
7license, a deer farm license, a captive wild animal auction and market license, a wild
8fur farm license or a nonprofit educational exhibiting license or under s. 29.319, no
9person may sell or offer to sell any of the following:
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(a) Any live native wild animal that is not exempt from the licensing
11requirement under s. 22.04 (4) (a).
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(b) Any live nonnative wild animal that is not exempt from the licensing
13requirement under s. 22.04 (4) (b).
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14(2) Purchasing. (a) Except as provided under par. (b) and except as authorized
15under a captive wild animal farm license, a bird hunting preserve license, a deer farm
16license, a bird dog training license, a hound dog training license, a dog club training
17license, a bird dog trial license, a hound dog trial license, a nonprofit educational
18exhibiting license or a stocking license or under s. 29.319, no person may purchase
19or offer to purchase any of the following:
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1. Any live native wild animal that is not exempt from the licensing
21requirement under s. 22.04 (4) (a).
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2. Any live nonnative wild animal that is not exempt from the licensing
23requirement under s. 22.04 (4) (b).
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1(b) A nonresident who purchases a live wild animal is exempt from holding a
2license under this chapter to possess the wild animal if the nonresident possesses the
3wild animal in this state for not more than 10 days after the date of purchase.
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4(3) Auctions and markets. No person may conduct an auction or market to sell
5live wild animals except as authorized under a captive wild animal auction and
6market license.
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7(4) Exemption for certain institutions. Any of the following is exempt from
8the requirements under subs. (1) and (2):
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(a) Public zoos or aquariums.
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(b) Circuses and the Circus World Museum located in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
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(c) The department.
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12(5) Inapplicability to certain wild animals. (a) This section does not authorize
13the selling or purchasing of environmentally injurious wild animals.
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(b) The selling and purchasing of native wild reptiles and native wild
15amphibians is subject to s. 22.12 and not to this section.
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(c) The sale of white-tailed deer to be processed for venison meat or products
17is subject to s. 22.13 and not to this section.
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1822.11 Inherently dangerous and environmentally injurious wild
19animals. (1) Inherently dangerous wild animals. (a) The department shall
20designate by rule cougars and members of the family ursidae as inherently
21dangerous wild animals and may designate by rule other types of wild animals to be
22inherently dangerous wild animals.
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23(2) Environmentally injurious wild animals
. (a) The department may
24designate by rule the species of wild animals that are environmentally injurious wild
25animals.
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1(b) No person may possess, take, propagate, sell, purchase, transfer, exhibit or
2rehabilitate a live environmentally injurious wild animal unless specifically
3authorized to do so by the department.
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(c) No person may introduce, stock or release, or import into this state to
5introduce, stock or release, any environmentally injurious wild animal unless
6specifically authorized to do so by the department under s. 22.06 (1) (c).
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7(3) Exemptions. (a) Public zoos and aquariums are exempt from the
8prohibition under sub. (2) (b).
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(b) 1. Veterinarians are exempt from the prohibition under sub. (2) (b) for the
10purpose of providing medical treatment to environmentally injurious wild animals.
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2. For purposes of subd. 1., "medical treatment" does not include rehabilitation.
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1222.12 Sale of native wild reptiles and wild amphibians. (1) Possession;
13general. No person may take from the wild or possess live native wild reptiles or live
14native wild amphibians unless the person is authorized to do so under rules
15promulgated by the department or unless sub. (3) applies.
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16(3) Possession of native frogs. A person using native frogs for bait while
17fishing may take from the wild, possess and kill more than 5 native frogs, but may
18not possess more than 5 of any subspecies of native frog for more than 24 hours.
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19(4) R
estrictions on sales and purchases. Unless authorized to do so under
20rules promulgated by the department, no person may sell or purchase live native
21wild reptiles or live native wild amphibians except for the following:
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(a) Color variants of these wild reptiles and wild amphibians that have been
23bred in captivity and have coloration that is clearly distinct from the normal
24morphological color patterns.
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1(b) Leopard frogs, mud puppies and tiger salamanders that are sold under the
2authorization of a Class A captive wild animal farm license.
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(c) Native reptiles or amphibians that are legally taken or reared outside this
4state and that are sold to educational institutions under the authorization of a Class
5A captive wild animal farm license.
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6(5) Exemption for certain institutions. Any of the following is exempt from
7the requirements under this section:
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(a) Public zoos or aquariums.
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(b) Circuses and the Circus World Museum located in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
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(c) The department.
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11(6) Exemption for veterinarians. (a) Veterinarians are exempt from sub. (1)
12for the purpose of providing medical treatment to native wild reptiles and native wild
13amphibians.
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(b) For purposes of par. (a), "medical treatment" does not include rehabilitation.
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15(7) Inapplicability to certain wild animals. This section does not authorize
16the possessing, taking, selling or purchasing of reptiles or amphibians that are
17environmentally injurious wild animals.
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1822.13 Sale and purchase of white-tailed deer for venison. (1) 19Requirements for live deer. (a) No person may sell a live white-tailed deer to be
20processed for venison meat or products except as authorized under a deer farm
21license. No person may sell a live white-tailed deer to be processed for venison meat
22or products without providing a deer farm shipping tag that will accompany the deer.
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(b) No person may purchase a live white-tailed deer to be processed for venison
24meat or products unless all of the following apply:
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11. The person operates an establishment licensed under s. 97.42 or for which
2inspection is granted under
9 CFR part 304.
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2. The person holds a white-tailed deer venison sales license.
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3. The deer originated from a deer farm and has an accompanying deer farm
5shipping tag attached to its body.
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6(2) Requirements for carcasses. No person may sell venison meat or process
7venison products from captive white-tailed deer unless all of the following apply:
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(a) The person operates an establishment licensed under s. 97.42 or for which
9inspection is granted under
9 CFR part 304.
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(b) The person holds a white-tailed deer venison sales license.
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(c) The white-tailed deer originated from a deer farm.
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(d) Each individual package of white-tailed deer venison that the person
13processes and sells clearly states that the venison is from a licensed deer farm.
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14(3) Consumer sales. No person may sell venison from white-tailed deer to a
15consumer, or purchase such venison for resale to a consumer, unless the venison is
16labeled as required under sub. (2) (d) and the venison came from one of the following:
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(a) An establishment licensed under s. 97.42 or for which inspection is granted
18under
9 CFR part 304.
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(b) A meat broker or meat distributor registered under s. 97.42.
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2022.14 Carcasses of captive wild animals. (1) Restrictions on sales and
21purchases. (a) No person may sell the carcass of any captive wild animal unless the
22seller provides to the purchaser written proof of origin.
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(b) No person may purchase or possess the carcass of any captive wild animal
24unless the purchaser maintains written proof of origin during the time the purchaser
25possesses the carcass.
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1(c) No person may sell or purchase the carcass, except for the hide, of a bear that
2was a captive wild animal.
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(d) No person may preserve and mount a carcass of a captive wild animal for
4consideration unless that person holds a valid taxidermist permit issued under s.
529.506.
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6(2) Tagging requirements for captive wild animal farms. (a) A person killing
7a wild animal under the authority of a captive wild animal farm license shall tag the
8carcass in the manner required by the department before removing the carcass from
9the farm. No person may remove the tag from the carcass except as provided in par.
10(b).
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(b) A person acquiring a carcass tagged under par. (a) that is to be consumed
12for food may remove the tag at the time the carcass is prepared for final consumption.
13The person shall keep the tag in evidence until the carcass is consumed or otherwise
14disposed of.
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(c) For purposes of pars. (a) and (b), for the carcasses of wild reptiles and wild
16amphibians, a person need not tag each carcass, but shall tag each shipment in the
17manner required by the department.
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18(3) Inapplicability to certain carcasses. (a) Subsections (1) and (2) do not
19apply to the raw fur or dressed fur of fur-bearing wild animals.
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(b) Subsection (1) (a) and (b) does not apply to white-tailed deer that is to be
21processed into venison.
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(c) The selling, purchasing or possessing of carcasses of endangered or
23threatened species is subject to s. 29.604 and not to this section.
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2422.15 Captive wild animal farm licenses. (1) Issuance. (a) The
25department shall issue a Class A captive wild animal farm license to operate a
1captive wild animal farm that grosses $10,000 or more in annual sales to any person
2who files a proper application for the license and who pays the applicable fee.
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(b) The department shall issue a Class B captive wild animal farm license to
4operate a captive wild animal farm that grosses less than $10,000 in annual sales to
5any person who files a proper application for the license and who pays the applicable
6fee.
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(d) The applicant shall specify the location of the enclosures for the wild
8animals on the application.
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9(2) Authorization. (a) A captive wild animal farm license authorizes the
10holder of the license to possess, propagate, kill, exhibit, purchase and sell live captive
11wild animals of the types specified by the department on the license.
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(b) A captive wild animal farm license authorizes the killing of captive wild
13animals only by the holder of the license or an employe of the holder of the license.
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14(3) Calculation of annual sales. (a) The calculation of annual sales under
15sub. (1) and par. (b) shall be based on sales from the prior year that involve live
16captive wild animals that are any of the following:
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1. Native wild animals.
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2. Nonnative wild animals of the family cervidae.
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3. Inherently dangerous wild animals.
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4. Endangered or threatened species.
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(b) For the first year that a person is issued a captive wild animal farm license,
22the person shall be issued a Class B captive wild animal farm license, unless one of
23the following applies:
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1. The person operated a game bird and animal farm licensed under s. 29.867,
251997 stats., or a deer farm licensed under s. 29.871, 1997 stats., on the effective date
1of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], that grossed $10,000 or more in annual
2sales.
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2. The person elects to be issued a Class A captive wild animal farm license.
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4(4) Control of wild animals. (a) A person holding a captive wild animal farm
5license shall control the wild animals at all times in the manner required by the
6department and shall keep the wild animals at the locations specified on the
7application for the license.
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(b) If any member of the family ursidae, felidae, cervidae or canidae escapes
9from its enclosure or fenced area on a captive wild animal farm, the person holding
10the captive wild animal farm license shall notify the department within 24 hours
11after the escape.
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12(5) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to establish additional
13standards, limitations and requirements for captive wild animal farm licenses and
14for captive wild animal farms, including fencing of the farms.
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1522.16 Deer farm license. (1) Issuance. The department shall issue a deer
16farm license to any person who files a proper application for the license and who pays
17the applicable fee. The applicant shall specify the locations of the enclosures for the
18deer on the application.
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19(2) Authorization. (a) A deer farm license authorizes the holder of the license
20to do any of the following:
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1. Possess, propagate, purchase, sell and exhibit live captive white-tailed deer.
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2. Sell or offer to sell the opportunity to hunt live white-tailed deer within the
23boundaries of the deer farm.
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1(b) A person holding a deer farm license shall provide a deer shipping tag that
2will accompany each live white-tailed deer that the person sells to be processed for
3venison.
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4(3) Exemption from hunting restrictions. A person hunting white-tailed deer
5on a deer farm is exempt from having any hunting approval issued under ch. 29 and
6is exempt from any closed season restrictions, bag limits or other conditions or
7restrictions established by the department under s. 29.014 (1).
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8(4) Control of deer. (a) A person holding a deer farm license shall control the
9deer at all times in the manner required by the department and shall keep the deer
10at the locations specified on the application for the license.
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(b) If any deer escapes from its enclosure or fenced area on a deer farm, the
12person holding the deer farm license shall notify the department within 24 hours
13after the escape.
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14(5) Free-roaming deer. A person applying for a deer farm license shall make
15a reasonable effort to drive free-roaming white-tailed deer from land subject to the
16license that will be enclosed before the land is enclosed. A person holding a deer farm
17license shall pay the department $250 for each white-tailed deer remaining within
18the boundaries.
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19(6) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to establish additional
20standards, limitations and requirements for deer farm licenses and for deer farms,
21including fencing of the farms.
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2222.17 White-tailed deer venison sales license. (1) Application. The
23department shall issue a white-tailed deer venison sales license to any person who
24files a proper application for the license and who pays the applicable fee.
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1(2) Authorization. (a) A white-tailed deer venison sales license authorizes the
2holder of the license to sell, purchase and process venison from white-tailed deer that
3originates from a deer farm.
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4(3) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to establish additional
5standards, limitations and requirements for white-tailed venison sales licenses and
6for the premises at which venison from white-tailed deer is processed.
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722.18 Wild fur farm license. (1) Issuance. The department shall issue a wild
8fur farm license to any person who files a proper application and who pays the
9applicable fee.