40 Miss. Code. R. 2-2.7 - PROHIBITION ON CERVID CARCASS IMPORTATION, TO PROTECT MISSISSIPPI FROM CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE
A. For the purpose
of this rule, cervids include any member of the Cervidae family, including
white-tailed deer, elk, moose, red deer, sika deer, fallow deer, mule deer and
caribou.
B. It is unlawful to:
1. Import, transport, or possess any portion
of a cervid carcass originating from any other state, territory, or foreign
country.
2. Transport any portion
of a cervid carcass outside of a MDWFP-defined CWD Management Zone.
3. Transport any portion of a cervid carcass
outside of a MDWFP-defined CWD Management Zone from Arkansas or Louisiana lands
east of the Mississippi River that lie within that zone.
C. This rule does not apply to:
1. Meat from cervids that has been completely
deboned or bone-in quarters or other portions of meat with no part of the
spinal column or head attached.
2.
Antlers, antlers attached to cleaned skull plates or cleaned skulls where no
tissue is attached to the skull.
3.
Hunters may only transport a deer head outside of a MDWFP-defined CWD
Management Zone to a permitted taxidermist participating in the CWD collection
program. A CWD sample number must be obtained from the participating
taxidermist prior to transporting the deer head outside of the MDWFP-defined
CWD Management Zone. This sample number must accompany the deer head while in
transport and be available for inspection by Law Enforcement upon request. The
deer head must be delivered to the participating taxidermist within 5 days of
receiving the sample number.
4.
Cleaned teeth.
5. Finished
taxidermy and antler products.
6.
Hides and tanned products.
7. Any
portions of white-tailed deer originating from land outside of a MDWFP-defined
CWD Management Zone between the Mississippi River levees in Arkansas and
Louisiana.
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