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Utah Code Title 23A. Wildlife Resources Act § 23A-1-201. Private wildlife farms

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1)(a) Subject to the requirements of this section, a person may:

(i) establish and maintain a private wildlife farm for propagating, rearing, and keeping furbearers or birds classified as protected wildlife; and

(ii) sell or dispose of wildlife reared upon the private wildlife farm, except that disposal may not include release to the wild without first securing written permission from the Wildlife Board.

(b) Before establishing a private wildlife farm, a person shall obtain written authorization from the division in accordance with rules established by the Wildlife Board in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.

(c) Wildlife that escapes from a private wildlife farm becomes the property of the state.

(2) This section does not:

(a) apply to a private fur farm established and maintained for rearing domesticated, privately owned mink or chinchilla that were not acquired as wild animals from a state or country; or

(b) provide for the propagating, rearing, and keeping of a protected wildlife other than a wildlife specified in this section.

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