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(b) A person is exempt from any licensing requirement under sub. (1) (b) for live
7nonnative wild animals that are not endangered or threatened species, except for
8any of the following:
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1. Pheasants of the species Phasianus colchicus or Syrmaticus reevesii, chukar
10partridge or gray partridge that are possessed for use under a bird hunting preserve
11license, a dog training license, a hound training license, a dog club training license,
12a dog trial license or a hound trial license.
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2. Nonnative wild animals of the family anatidae or of the family cervidae.
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3. Nonnative wild animals that are inherently dangerous wild animals.
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15(5) Exemption for certain persons and institutions. (a) Any of the following
16is exempt from any licensing requirement under sub. (1) (b):
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1. Veterinarians, for the purpose of providing medical treatment to wild
18animals.
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2. Public zoos or aquariums.
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3. Circuses and the Circus World Museum located in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
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4. The department.
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(b) For purposes of par. (a) 1., "medical treatment" does not include
23rehabilitation.
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24(6) Inapplicability to certain wild animals. (a) This section does not authorize
25the possession of environmentally injurious wild animals.
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1(b) The possession of native wild reptiles and native wild amphibians is subject
2to s. 22.12 and not to this section.
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322.05 Taking of wild animals. (1) Prohibition. No person may take any wild
4animal from the wild except as authorized under a bird hunting preserve license, a
5wild fur farm license, a falconry license, a rehabilitation license or a scientific
6research license.
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7(2) Exemption for certain wild animals. A person is exempt from the
8requirement under sub. (1) if the wild animal that the person takes from the wild is
9a native wild animal that is exempt under s. 22.04 (4) (a).
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10(3) Exemption for certain persons and institutions. (a) Any of the following
11is exempt from the licensing requirement under sub. (1):
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1. Veterinarians, for the purpose of providing medical treatment to wild
13animals.
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2. The department.
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(b) For purposes of par. (a) 1., "medical treatment" does not include
16rehabilitation.
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17(4) Inapplicability to certain wild animals. (a) This section does not authorize
18the taking of environmentally injurious wild animals.
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(b) The taking of native wild reptiles and native wild amphibians is subject to
20s. 22.12 and not to this section.
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2122.06 Introduction, stocking and release of wild animals. (1)
22Prohibition; persons other than the department. (a) No person may introduce,
23stock or release into the wild, or import into this state to introduce, stock or release
24into the wild, any wild animal except as authorized under a bird hunting preserve
25license, a bird dog training license, a hound dog training license, a dog club training
1license, a bird dog trial license, a hound dog trial license, a falconry license, a stocking
2license, a rehabilitation license or a scientific research license.
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(b) No person may introduce, stock or release into the wild, or import into this
4state for introducing, stocking or releasing into the wild, any wild animal unless the
5department has given its authorization under par. (c) and the person has complied
6with the requirements under par. (d).
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(c) The department may authorize the introducing, stocking, releasing into the
8wild or importing of a species of wild animal only if the department has determined
9that the wild animal will not be detrimental in any manner to the conservation of the
10natural resources of this state.
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(d) Introducing, stocking or releasing a wild animal under this section is subject
12to all of the following requirements:
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1. If a wild animal has been exposed to or infected with any contagious or
14infectious disease, as defined under rules promulgated by the department of
15agriculture, trade and consumer protection under s. 95.001 (2), or a reportable
16disease, as designated by the department of natural resources under s. 22.44 (2), the
17person introducing, stocking or releasing the wild animal shall hold a valid
18interstate health certificate or a valid certificate of veterinary inspection issued by
19a veterinarian certifying that the wild animal is free of any such diseases before the
20introducing, stocking or release.
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2. A person introducing, stocking or releasing wild birds under the authority
22of a stocking license, a bird hunting preserve license, a bird dog training license or
23a bird dog trial license may only introduce, stock or release wild birds that:
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1a. Have originated, within 365 days before the introducing, stocking or release,
2from a flock that meets the requirements under subd. 3. and that have had contact
3with only captive birds that meet these requirements.
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b. That, within 30 days before the introducing, stocking or release, comply with
5any rules promulgated by the department under s. 22.44 (3).
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3. Wild birds that are introduced, stocked or released under subd. 2. shall
7originate from a flock of a person participating in the national poultry improvement
8plan under
9 CFR part 145.
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9(2) Reports. At the request of a municipality in an area in which wild animals
10are introduced, stocked or released under sub. (1), the department shall require a
11person who introduced, stocked or released those wild animals to report to the
12municipality the number and type of wild animals introduced, stocked or released
13and the location at which the animals were introduced, stocked or released.
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14(3) By the department. The department may import into this state to
15introduce, stock or release into the wild, may introduce, stock or release into the wild,
16or may authorize introducing, stocking or releasing into the wild, a wild animal
17without holding a license as required under sub. (1) (a).
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18(4) Exemption. This section does not apply to wild animals that are released
19into the wild after being accidentally trapped or confined.
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2022.07 Exhibition of live wild animals. (1) Prohibition. (a) No person may
21exhibit any captive live native
wild animal or any captive live nonnative wild animal
22of the family ursidae or cervidae except as authorized under a captive wild animal
23farm license, a deer farm license, a falconry license, a rehabilitation license, a
24nonprofit educational exhibiting license, a nonresident temporary exhibiting license
25or a captive wild animal auction and market license.
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1(b) If a person exhibits a wild animal subject to par. (a) under the authority of
2a captive wild animal farm license, a deer farm license, a falconry license or a
3rehabilitation license, the person may exhibit only those types of wild animals that
4are specified by the department on the license.
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5(2) Exemption for certain wild animals. A person is exempt from the
6requirements under sub. (1) if the wild animal that the person exhibits is a wild
7animal that is exempt under s. 22.04 (4) (a) or (b).
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8(3) Exemption for certain institutions. Any of the following is exempt from
9the licensing requirement under sub. (1):
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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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13(4) Inapplicability to certain wild animals. This section does not authorize
14the exhibiting of environmentally injurious wild animals.
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1522.08 Propagation of wild animals. (1) Prohibition. No person may
16propagate any native wild animal or any nonnative wild animal of the family ursidae
17or cervidae except as authorized under a captive wild animal farm license, a deer
18farm license, a bird hunting preserve license, a wild fur farm license, a nonprofit
19educational exhibiting license, a scientific research license or a falconry license.
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20(2) Exemption for certain wild animals. A person is exempt from the
21requirements under sub. (1) if the wild animal that the person propagates is a wild
22animal that is exempt under s. 22.04 (4) (a) or (b).
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23(3) Exemption for certain institutions. Any of the following is exempt from
24the licensing requirement under sub. (1):
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(a) Public zoos or aquariums.
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1(b) Circuses and the Circus World Museum located in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
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(c) The department.
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3(4) Inapplicability to certain wild animals. This section does not authorize
4the propagating of environmentally injurious wild animals.
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522.085 Rehabilitation of wild animals. (1) Prohibition. No person may
6rehabilitate any wild animal except as authorized under a rehabilitation license.
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7(2) Inapplicability to certain wild animals. This section does not authorize
8the rehabilitation of environmentally injurious wild animals.
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922.09 Hunting of captive wild animals. (1) Prohibition; generally. No
10person may hunt a captive wild animal except as authorized under s. 22.16 (5) or
11under a deer farm license, a bird hunting preserve license, a bird dog training license,
12a hound dog training license, a dog club training license, a bird dog trial license or
13a hound dog trial license.
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14(2) Prohibition; commercial hunting. No person may sell or offer to sell or
15purchase or offer to purchase the opportunity to hunt any wild animal that is or has
16been captive except as authorized under a deer farm license or a bird hunting
17preserve license.
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1822.10 Selling and purchasing of live wild animals. (1) Selling. Except
19as authorized under a captive wild animal farm license, a bird hunting preserve
20license, a deer farm license, a captive wild animal auction and market license, a
21falconry license, a wild fur farm license or a nonprofit educational exhibiting license,
22no person 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
24requirement under s. 22.04 (4) (a).
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1(b) Any live nonnative wild animal that is not exempt from the licensing
2requirement under s. 22.04 (4) (b).
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3(2) Purchasing. (a) Except as provided under par. (b) and except as authorized
4under a captive wild animal farm license, a bird hunting preserve license, a deer farm
5license, a bird dog training license, a hound dog training license, a dog club training
6license, a bird dog trial license, a hound dog trial license, a falconry license, a
7nonprofit educational exhibiting license or a stocking license, no person may
8purchase or offer to purchase any of the following:
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1. Any live native wild animal that is not exempt from the licensing
10requirement under s. 22.04 (4) (a).
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2. Any live nonnative wild animal that is not exempt from the licensing
12requirement under s. 22.04 (4) (b).
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(b) A nonresident who purchases a live wild animal is exempt from holding a
14license under this chapter to possess the wild animal if the nonresident possesses the
15wild animal in this state for not more than 10 days after the date of purchase.
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16(3) Auctions and markets. No person may conduct an auction or market to sell
17live wild animals except as authorized under a captive wild animal auction and
18market license.
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19(4) Exemption for certain institutions. Any of the following is exempt from
20the 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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24(5) Inapplicability to certain wild animals. (a) This section does not authorize
25the selling or purchasing of environmentally injurious wild animals.
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1(b) The selling and purchasing of native wild reptiles and native wild
2amphibians 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
4is subject to s. 22.13 and not to this section.
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522.11 Inherently dangerous and environmentally injurious wild
6animals. (1) Inherently dangerous wild animals. (a) The department shall
7designate by rule cougars and members of the family ursidae as inherently
8dangerous wild animals and may designate by rule other types of wild animals to be
9inherently dangerous wild animals.
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10(2) Environmentally injurious wild animals
. (a) The department may
11designate by rule the species of wild animals that are environmentally injurious wild
12animals.
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(b) No person may possess, take, propagate, sell, purchase, transfer, exhibit or
14rehabilitate a live environmentally injurious wild animal unless specifically
15authorized to do so by the department.
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(c) No person may introduce, stock or release, or import into this state to
17introduce, stock or release, any environmentally injurious wild animal unless
18specifically authorized to do so by the department under s. 22.06 (1) (c).
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19(3) Exemptions. (a) Public zoos and aquariums are exempt from the
20prohibition under sub. (2) (b).
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(b) 1. Veterinarians are exempt from the prohibition under sub. (2) (b) for the
22purpose 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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2422.12 Possession and sale of native wild reptiles and wild amphibians. 25(1) Possession of more than 5 prohibited. No person may take from the wild or
1possess live native wild reptiles or live native wild amphibians unless the person
2takes or possesses 5 or fewer of any subspecies or unless sub. (2) or (3) applies.
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3(2) Possession of more than 5 allowed. (a) 1.
A person may take from the wild
4or possess more than 5 leopard frogs, 5 mud puppies or 5 tiger salamanders if so
5authorized by the department under a Class A captive wild animal farm license.
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2. A person may possess more than 5 bullfrogs if all of the bullfrogs are taken
7or reared outside the state and if the person is so authorized by the department under
8a Class A captive wild animal farm license.
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(b) An authorization under par. (a) 1. for a type of wild amphibian may be
10subject to a quota established by rule by the department that protects from excessive
11taking of the population of that wild amphibian from the wild.
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(c) 1.
For any type of native wild reptile or native wild amphibian, other than
13a wild amphibian subject to par. (a), a person may take from the wild or possess more
14than 5 of that type of wild reptile or wild amphibian if permission has been granted
15to the person by the department.
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2. A request for permission under subd. 1. shall be in writing and shall include
17the name of the species, the number of wild reptiles or wild amphibians, the location
18of the proposed taking and the reason for the proposed possession.
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3. The natural resources board shall create a council under s. 15.04 (1) (c) to
20review requests for permission under subd. 1. The council shall make
21recommendations to the department to assist the department in deciding whether
22it will grant the permission.
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23(3) Possession of native frogs. A person using native frogs for bait while
24fishing may take from the wild, possess and kill more than 5 native frogs, but may
25not possess more than 5 of any subspecies of native frog for more than 24 hours.
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1(4) Restrictions of sales. No person may sell live native wild reptiles or live
2native wild amphibians except for the following:
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(a) Color variants of these wild reptiles and wild amphibians that have been
4bred in captivity and have coloration that is clearly distinct from the normal
5morphological color patterns.
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(b) Leopard frogs, mud puppies and tiger salamanders that are sold under the
7authorization of a Class A captive wild animal farm license.
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(c) Bullfrogs that are taken or reared outside this state and that are sold under
9the authorization of a Class A captive wild animal farm license.
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10(5) Exemption for certain institutions. Any of the following is exempt from
11the requirements under this section:
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(a) Public zoos or aquariums.