Wash. Admin. Code § 220-420-280 - Facilities are required for possession of falconry or abatement raptors

(1) A resident falconer in Washington must maintain approved facilities for housing raptors used in recreational falconry or in abatement. Nonresident falconers must house falconry raptors in adequate temporary facilities.

(2) Raptor facilities shall be approved by the department before a new falconry permittee obtains a raptor.

(3) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service establishes standards and specifications for raptor propagation facilities.

(4) All raptors held under a falconry or abatement permit shall be maintained in humane and healthful conditions.

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Wash. Admin. Code § 220-420-280

Decodified by WSR 17-05-112, Filed 2/15/2017, effective 3/18/2017. Recodified from § 232-30-420.

Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, 77.04.055, 77.12.047, 77.12.210, and C.F.R. Title 50, Part 21, Subpart C, Section 21.29; Migratory Bird Treaty Act. 10-18-012 (Order 10-214), § 232-30-420, filed 8/20/10, effective 9/20/10.