<html> <head> <title>Rule 12:68:18:03.07 Free-roaming wildlife.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 12:68:18:03.07"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 12:68:18:03.07 Free-roaming wildlife."> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>12:68:18:03.07.&nbsp;&nbsp;Free-roaming wildlife.</b> A person may not confine or allow the confinement of free-roaming wildlife. Before the issuance of a permit under this chapter, the board in cooperation with the Department of Game, Fish and Parks may inspect the facility for the presence of free-roaming wildlife. Any free-roaming wildlife must be removed by the applicant to the satisfaction of the board before the issuance of the permit.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A permittee must immediately notify the board upon the ingress of free-roaming wildlife of the mammalian class into a permitted facility. The board in cooperation with the Department of Game, Fish and Parks shall take whatever action it considers necessary in accordance with the provisions of SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=40-3-25">40-3-25</A> to dispose of such free-roaming wildlife. Facilities may not be constructed for purposes of confining captive nondomestic mammals in such a manner as to interrupt the normal migration patterns of free-roaming wildlife as determined by the board in consultation with the Department of Game, Fish and Parks.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 20 SDR 96, effective December 31, 1993.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=40-3-14">40-3-14</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=40-3-25">40-3-25</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=40-3-26">40-3-26</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=40-5-8">40-5-8.</A></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=40-3-24">40-3-24</A> to <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=40-3-26">40-3-26.</A></p> </div> </body> </html>