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Delaware Code Title 7. Conservation § 790. Digging out or killing female fox or her young whelps;  penalty

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) No person shall dig out or in any manner take from any den a female fox, or her young whelps, or kill or in any manner cause the death of such female fox, or her young whelps, during the period of time in which she is suckling them.

(b) Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a class C environmental violation for every female fox or whelp so dug or taken out of any den, or killed or caused to be killed.

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