Utah Admin. Code R58-14-3 - General
(1) The Division of Wildlife Resources with
the cooperation of the Department of Agriculture and Food and the Department of
Health and Human Services, shall enforce this rule.
(2) The Agricultural and Wildlife Damage
Prevention Board, by authority granted under Title 4, Chapter 23, the
Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Act, declares it unlawful to
import, distribute, relocate, or possess a live raccoon (Procyon
lotor)or coyote (Canis latrans).
(3) An organization or corporation wishing to
possess raccoons or coyotes for research, or exhibition purposes may request a
variance from the Department.
(a) A separate
variance shall be obtained from the Department for each raccoon and coyote
possessed.
(b) A variance for a
raccoon or coyote may not be transferred without the express permission of the
Department.
(4) Nuisance
raccoons and coyotes may not be relocated following capture, but may be
captured and euthanized or otherwise destroyed at the location where capture is
unfeasible.
(5) Any raccoon or
coyote that bites or scratches a person or domestic animal shall be handled in
accordance with Section
R386-702-12.
Notes
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