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Wisconsin Statutes Police Regulations (Ch. 163 to 177) § 169.07. Exhibition of live wild animals

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

(1) Requirement. (a) No person may exhibit any captive live native wild animal or any captive live nonnative wild animal of the family ursidae except as authorized under a captive wild animal farm license, a rehabilitation license, a nonprofit educational exhibiting license, or a nonresident temporary exhibiting license or under s. 29.319.

(b) If a person exhibits a wild animal subject to par. (a) under the authority of a captive wild animal farm license or a rehabilitation license, the person may exhibit only those species of wild animals that are specified by the department on the license.

(2) Exemption for certain wild animals. A person is exempt from the requirements under sub. (1) if the wild animal that the person exhibits is a wild animal that is exempt under s. 169.04(4)(a) or (b).

(3) Exemption for certain institutions. Each of the following is exempt from the requirements under sub. (1):

(a) A public zoo or aquarium.

(b) A circus or the Circus World Museum located in Baraboo, Wisconsin.

(c) The department.

(d) A person who is licensed under s. 95.68.

(e) A person who is licensed under s. 95.69 and who possesses wild animals for 10 days or less and solely for the purpose of resale or slaughter.

(4) Inapplicability to certain wild animals. This section does not authorize the exhibiting of harmful wild animals.

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