Utah Admin. Code R657-10-20 - Livestock Depredation and Human Health and Safety
(1) If a cougar is harassing, chasing,
disturbing, harming, attacking or killing livestock, or has committed such an
act within the past 96 hours:
(a) in
depredation cases, the livestock owner, an immediate family member or an
employee of the owner on a regular payroll, and not hired specifically to take
cougar, may kill the cougar;
(b) a
landowner or livestock owner may notify the division of the depredation or
human health and safety concerns, who shall authorize a local hunter to take
the offending cougar or notify a Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF)
specialist; or
(c) the livestock
owner may notify a UDAF specialist of the depredation who may take the
depredating cougar.
(2)
Depredating cougar may be taken at any time by a UDAF specialist, supervised by
the Livestock Protection program, while acting in the performance of the
person's assigned duties and in accordance with procedures approved by the
division.
(3)
(a) A depredating cougar may be taken by
those persons authorized in Subsection (1)(a) with:
(i) any weapon authorized for taking cougar;
or
(ii) with the use of traps or
snares
(4)
(a) Any cougar taken under Subsection (1)(a)
or (4)(a) shall remain the property of the state and must be reported to a
division office or employee within 96 hours.
(b) The division may issue a cougar damage
permit to a person who has killed a depredating cougar under Subsection (1)(a)
that authorizes the person to keep the carcass.
(c) A person that takes a cougar under
Subsection (1)(a) or (4)(a) may acquire and use a hunting or combination
license in the same year.
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