Or. Admin. Code § 635-435-0010 - Permit Required to Capture, Possess, or Transport Wildlife
(1) A WCO permit is
required for any individual, business owner, or the business owner's designee
charging a fee to control bats, furbearers, unprotected mammals (excluding
moles (Scapanus spp.), wild turkeys and western gray squirrels causing damage,
creating a public nuisance or posing a public health or safety concern; and for
the offsite transportation of any live wildlife;
(a) A WCO permit is not required for the
onsite capture and euthanasia of species defined as "predatory
animals".
(b) Federal employees of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant and Health Inspection
Service-Wildlife Services and, county or municipality employees, working in
their official capacity, are exempt from this requirement.
(c) WCO permittees must comply with all state
wildlife laws and regulations, and all activities must be in compliance with
conditions specified by these rules, permit or authorization from the
Department.
(2) A permit
allows a WCO to:
(a) Capture, possess, or
transport furbearers, predatory animals, wild turkeys, western gray squirrels,
unprotected mammals and all snakes.
(b) Humanely euthanize wildlife authorized
under this permit using methods defined by the "American Veterinary Medical
Association (AVMA) Guidelines for Euthanasia of Animals: 2020 Edition" except
for the following species of snakes which shall be relocated:
(A) Willamette Valley Populations of Western
Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus);
(B) Sharptail snake (Contia
tenuis);
(C) Common Kingsnake
(Lampropeltis getula);
(D)
California Mountain Kingsnake (Lampropeltis zonata);
(E) Western Ground Snake (Sonora
semiannulata).
(c)
Collect and dispose of animals directly related to WCO activities.
(3) WCO activities for all bat
species are as follows:
(a) Exclusion and
eviction permitted except during the months of June, July and August unless the
permittee receives prior authorization from the Department. For purposes of
this rule, "exclusion" and "eviction" are defined as follows:
(A) "Exclusion" means taking actions to
prevent an animal from occupying a space or structure
(B) "Eviction" means creating conditions
which encourages an animal to move out, and remain out of an area.
(b) Capture of bats from indoor
areas not associated with roosting, hibernaculum and nurseries is permitted
year round, provided that the bat is immediately released outdoors or taken to
a licensed wildlife rehabilitator.
(4) WCO activities for beaver are as follows:
(a) WCO's must provide the property owner or
legal occupant information provided by the Department regarding nonlethal
deterrents.
(b) Take of beaver on
privately owned forestlands whose owner owns or holds common ownership interest
in 5,000 or more acres of forestland in this state, may only occur when:
(A) The beaver has damaged or imminently
threatens infrastructure; or
(B)
The beaver poses a threat to, but not imminently threatens, infrastructure and
30 days have passed since the landowner made a request to the Department to
address the threat to infrastructure apparently posed by the beaver.
(c) Take of beaver may occur in
situations where the beaver is not causing damage, is not a public nuisance, or
is not a public heath or safety risk if the beaver:
(A) Imminently threatens
infrastructure;
(B) Imminently
threatens agricultural crops; or
(C) Has the potential to cause damage to
forestland whose owner owns or holds common ownership interest in less than
5,000 acres of forestland in this state.
(5) A permit does not allow a WCO to
transport, for the purposes of release, any wildlife captured under terms of
the WCO permit except for;
(a) Western Gray
Squirrel, Marten and Fisher
(b)
Reptiles listed in subsection (2),
(c) Badger and Beaver with prior approval
from the Department.
(d) Wild
Turkey with prior approval from the local Department District Wildlife
Biologist. Relocation must adhere to protocols in the Oregon Wild Turkey
Management Plan (OAR 635-135-0001).
(6) A WCO permit does not authorize
the permittee to intentionally capture, possess, or transport:
(a) Wildlife not authorized under a WCO
permit.
(b) Species protected by
other state or federal law.
(c)
Species protected by other state or federal law caught incidentally must be
released immediately onsite.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS Ch. 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS Ch. 496.012, 496.138, 496.146 & 496.162
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