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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
May 15, 2007 - Introduced by Representatives Nerison, Gunderson, Boyle,
Molepske, Mursau, A. Ott, Garthwaite, Gronemus, Petrowski, Tauchen,
Albers, Hahn, Hines, Montgomery and Owens, cosponsored by Senators
Vinehout, Kapanke, Lassa, Olsen and
Schultz. Referred to Committee on
Natural Resources.
AB334,1,2
1An Act to amend 169.11 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes;
relating to: designating
2feral pigs as harmful wild animals.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) regulates
various activities relating to wild animals, including the possession, propagation,
sale, and purchase (possession) of those animals and the introduction, stocking, and
release of those animals. A wild animal is any animal of a wild nature that is
normally found in the wild and that is not a domestic animal.
Current law also specifies that DNR must designate by rule cougars and
members of the family ursidae as harmful wild animals and may designate by rule
other species of wild animals as harmful wild animals under certain conditions.
Under current law, a person may not possess, introduce, stock, or release a live
harmful wild animal unless specifically authorized to do so by DNR. Current law
provides that public zoos and aquariums, and veterinarians providing medical
treatment to wild animals, are exempt from the prohibition against the possession
of harmful wild animals. Under current law, DNR must promulgate rules for the
housing of wild animals that include specifications for enclosures for each species of
harmful wild animal designated by DNR.
This bill requires DNR to designate by rule feral pigs as harmful wild animals.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB334, s. 1
1Section
1. 169.11 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB334,2,72
169.11
(1) (a) (intro.) The department shall designate by rule cougars
and, 3members of the family ursidae
, and feral pigs as harmful wild animals. After
4consulting with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection and
5the department of health and family services, the department of natural resources
6may designate by rule other species of wild animals as harmful wild animals if any
7of the following applies:
