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11. Additional requirements that wild animals shall meet before they enter this
2state.
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2. Additional requirements that any animals shall meet before they may be
4introduced, stocked, or released into the wild.
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(b) The requirements under par. (a) may include mandatory testing of the
6animals for disease.
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7(4) Exemption. Subsections (1) to (3m) do not apply to wild animals that are
8released into the wild after being accidentally trapped or confined.
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9169.07 Exhibition of live wild animals. (1) Requirement. (a) No person
10may exhibit any captive live native
wild animal or any captive live nonnative wild
11animal of the family ursidae except as authorized under a captive wild animal farm
12license, a rehabilitation license, a nonprofit educational exhibiting license, or a
13nonresident temporary exhibiting license or under s. 29.319.
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(b) If a person exhibits a wild animal subject to par. (a) under the authority of
15a captive wild animal farm license or a rehabilitation license, the person may exhibit
16only those species of wild animals that are specified by the department on the license.
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17(2) Exemption for certain wild animals. A person is exempt from the
18requirements under sub. (1) if the wild animal that the person exhibits is a wild
19animal that is exempt under s. 169.04 (4) (a) or (b).
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20(3) Exemption for certain institutions. Each of the following is exempt from
21the requirements under sub. (1):
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(a) A public zoo or aquarium.
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(b) A circus or the Circus World Museum located in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
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(c) The department.
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(d) A person who is licensed under s. 95.68.
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1(e) A person who is licensed under s. 95.69 and who possesses wild animals for
210 days or less and solely for the purpose of resale or slaughter.
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3(4) Inapplicability to certain wild animals. This section does not authorize
4the exhibiting of harmful wild animals.
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5169.08 Propagation of wild animals. (1) Requirement. No person may
6propagate any native wild animal or any nonnative wild animal of the family ursidae
7except as authorized under a captive wild animal farm license, a bird hunting
8preserve license, a wild fur farm license, a nonprofit educational exhibiting license,
9or a scientific research license.
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10(2) Exemption for certain wild animals. A person is exempt from the
11requirement under sub. (1) if the wild animal that the person propagates is a wild
12animal that is exempt under s. 169.04 (4) (a) or (b).
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13(3) Exemption for certain institutions. Each of the following is exempt from
14the requirement under sub. (1):
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(a) A public zoo or aquarium.
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(b) A circus or the Circus World Museum located in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
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(c) The department.
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18(4) Inapplicability to certain wild animals. This section does not authorize
19the propagating of harmful wild animals.
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20169.085 Rehabilitation of wild animals. (1) Requirement. No person may
21rehabilitate any wild animal except as authorized under a rehabilitation license.
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22(2) Inapplicability to certain wild animals. This section does not authorize
23the rehabilitation of harmful wild animals.
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24169.09 Hunting of captive wild animals. (1) Requirement; generally. No
25person may hunt a captive wild animal except as authorized under a bird hunting
1preserve license, a bird dog training license, a hound dog training license, a dog club
2training license, a bird dog trial license, or a hound dog trial license.
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3(2) Requirement; commercial hunting. No person may sell or offer to sell or
4purchase or offer to purchase the opportunity to hunt any wild animal that is or has
5been captive except as authorized under a bird hunting preserve license.
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6169.10 Sale and purchase of live wild animals. (1) Sale. Except as
7authorized under a captive wild animal farm license, a bird hunting preserve license,
8a wild fur farm license, or a nonprofit educational exhibiting license or under s.
929.319, no 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 under s. 169.04 (4) (a).
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(b) Any live nonnative wild animal that is not exempt under s. 169.04 (4) (b).
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12(2) Purchase. (a) Except as provided under par. (b) and except as authorized
13under a captive wild animal farm license, a bird hunting preserve license, a bird dog
14training license, a hound dog training license, a dog club training license, a bird dog
15trial license, a hound dog trial license, a nonprofit educational exhibiting license, or
16a stocking license or under s. 29.319, no person may purchase or offer to purchase
17any of the following:
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1. Any live native wild animal that is not exempt under s. 169.04 (4) (a).
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2. Any live nonnative wild animal that is not exempt under s. 169.04 (4) (b).
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(b) A nonresident who purchases a live wild animal is exempt from holding a
21license under this chapter to possess the wild animal if the nonresident possesses the
22wild animal in this state for not more than 10 days after the date of purchase.
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23(4) Exemption for certain institutions. Each of the following is exempt from
24the requirements under subs. (1) and (2):
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(a) A public zoo or aquarium.
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1(b) A circus or the Circus World Museum located in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
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(c) The department.
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(d) A person who is licensed under s. 95.68 or 95.69.
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4(5) Inapplicability to certain wild animals. (a) This section does not authorize
5the selling or purchasing of harmful wild animals.
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(b) The selling and purchasing of native wild reptiles and native wild
7amphibians is subject to s. 169.12 and not to this section.
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8169.11 Harmful wild animals. (1) Designation. (a) The department shall
9designate by rule cougars and members of the family ursidae as harmful wild
10animals. After consulting with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer
11protection and the department of health and family services, the department of
12natural resources may designate by rule other species of wild animals as harmful
13wild animals if any of the following apply:
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1. The wild animal is not a native wild animal and is capable of inflicting harm
15to the environment.
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2. The wild animal is capable of creating a risk to public health or to the health
17of domestic animals.
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3. The wild animal is capable of inflicting severe physical harm to humans or
19to domestic animals.
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(b) No person may possess, take, propagate, sell, purchase, transfer, exhibit,
21or rehabilitate a live harmful wild animal unless specifically authorized to do so by
22the department.
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(c) No person may introduce, stock, or release, or import into this state to
24introduce, stock, or release, any harmful wild animal unless specifically authorized
25to do so by the department under s. 169.06 (1) (c).
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1(3) Exemptions. (a) Public zoos and aquariums are exempt from the
2prohibition under sub. (1) (b).
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(b) 1. Veterinarians are exempt from the prohibition under sub. (1) (b) for the
4purpose of providing medical treatment to harmful wild animals.
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2. For purposes of subd. 1., "medical treatment" does not include rehabilitation.
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6169.12 Sale and purchase of native wild reptiles and wild amphibians. 7(1) Possession; general. No person may take from the wild or possess live native
8wild reptiles or live native wild amphibians unless the person is authorized to do so
9under rules promulgated by the department or unless sub. (3) applies.
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10(3) Possession of native frogs. A person using native frogs for bait while
11fishing may take from the wild, possess, and kill more than 5 native frogs, but may
12not possess more than 5 of any subspecies of native frog for more than 24 hours.
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13(4) R
estrictions on sales and purchases. Unless authorized to do so under
14rules promulgated by the department, no person may sell or purchase live native
15wild 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
17bred in captivity and have coloration that is clearly distinct from the normal
18morphological color patterns.
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(b) Leopard frogs, mud puppies, and tiger salamanders that are sold or
20purchased under the authorization 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
22state and that are sold to educational institutions under the authorization of a Class
23A captive wild animal farm license.
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1(6) Exemption for veterinarians. (a) Veterinarians are exempt from the
2requirement under sub. (1) for the purpose of providing medical treatment to native
3wild reptiles and native wild amphibians.
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(b) For purposes of par. (a), "medical treatment" does not include rehabilitation.
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5169.14 Carcasses of captive wild animals. (1) Restrictions on sales and
6purchases. (a) No person may sell the carcass of any captive wild animal unless the
7seller 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
9unless the purchaser maintains written proof of origin during the time the purchaser
10possesses the carcass.
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(c) No person may sell or purchase the gallbladder of a bear that was a captive
12wild animal.
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(d) No person may preserve and mount a carcass of a captive wild animal for
14consideration unless that person holds a valid taxidermist permit issued under s.
1529.506.
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16(2) Tagging requirements for captive wild animal farms. (a) A person killing
17a wild animal under the authority of a captive wild animal farm license shall tag the
18carcass in the manner required by the department before removing the carcass from
19the farm. No person may remove the tag from the carcass except as provided in par.
20(b).
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(b) A person acquiring a carcass tagged under par. (a) that is to be consumed
22for food may remove the tag at the time the carcass is prepared for final consumption.
23The person shall keep the tag in evidence until the carcass is consumed or otherwise
24disposed of.
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1(c) For purposes of pars. (a) and (b), for the carcasses of wild reptiles and wild
2amphibians, a person need not tag each carcass, but shall tag each shipment in the
3manner required by the department.
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4(3) Inapplicability to certain carcasses. (a) Subsections (1) and (2) do not
5apply to the raw fur or dressed fur of fur-bearing wild animals that are possessed
6as authorized by a license issued under s. 169.18.
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(c) The selling, purchasing, or possessing of carcasses of endangered or
8threatened species is subject to s. 29.604 and not to this section.
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9169.15 Captive wild animal farm licenses. (1) Issuance. (a) The
10department shall issue a Class A captive wild animal farm license to operate a
11captive wild animal farm that grosses $10,000 or more in annual sales to any person
12who 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
14operate a captive wild animal farm that grosses less than $10,000 in annual sales to
15any person who files a proper application for the license and who pays the applicable
16fee.
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(d) The applicant shall specify the location of the enclosures for the wild
18animals on the application.
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19(2) Authorization. (a) A captive wild animal farm license authorizes the
20holder of the license to possess, propagate, kill, exhibit, purchase, and sell live
21captive wild animals of the species specified by the department on the license.
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(b) A captive wild animal farm license authorizes the killing of captive wild
23animals only by the holder of the license or an employee of the holder of the license.
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1(3) Calculation of annual sales. (a) The calculation of annual sales under
2sub. (1) and par. (b) shall be based on sales from the prior year that involve live
3captive wild animals that are any of the following:
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1. Native wild animals.
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3. Harmful 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,
8the person shall be issued a Class B captive wild animal farm license, unless one of
9the following applies:
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1. The person operated a game bird and animal farm licensed under s. 29.867,
111999 stats., on the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], that
12grossed $10,000 or more in annual sales.
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2. The person elects to be issued a Class A captive wild animal farm license.
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14(4) Control of wild animals. (a) A person holding a captive wild animal farm
15license shall control the wild animals at all times in the manner required by the
16department and shall keep the wild animals at the locations specified on the
17application for the license.
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(b) If any member of the family ursidae, felidae, or canidae escapes from its
19enclosure or fenced area on a captive wild animal farm, the person holding the
20captive wild animal farm license shall notify the department within 24 hours after
21the escape.
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22(5) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to establish additional
23standards, limitations, and requirements for captive wild animal farm licenses and
24for captive wild animal farms, including fencing of the farms.
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1169.18 Wild fur farm license. (1) Issuance. The department shall issue a
2wild fur farm license to any person who files a proper application and who pays the
3applicable fee.
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4(2) Authorization; limitations. (a) A wild fur farm license authorizes all of the
5following:
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1. The holder of the license to possess and propagate live muskrat, beaver,
7coyote, raccoon, otter, and mink on the land subject to the license.
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2. The holder of the license and other persons authorized by the holder to take
9the live fur-bearing wild animals specified in subd. 1. or kill by trapping the
10fur-bearing wild animals specified in subd. 1.
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3. The holder of the license to sell the live fur-bearing wild animals specified
12in subd. 1. to persons authorized to possess the fur-bearing wild animals.
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(b) Section 29.501 applies to the possession and selling of the raw furs and
14dressed furs of the fur-bearing wild animals that are possessed as authorized under
15a wild fur farm license.
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(c) The number of otter that are taken or killed may not exceed the quota
17established by rule by the department under sub. (5) (a).
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18(3) Eligible land. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a wild fur farm licensed
19under this section shall be in a single parcel and may not exceed 640 acres.
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(b) Upon the request of the applicant for a license under this section, the
21department shall issue a single license for a wild fur farm that does not meet all of
22the requirements of par. (a) if the wild fur farm is licensed as a fur animal farm under
23s. 29.869, 1999 stats., on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date].