312 IAC 9-3-15 - Taking beavers, minks, muskrats, long-tailed weasels, red foxes, gray foxes, opossums, skunks, raccoons, squirrels, or mute swans on private property
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-8-2-202; IC 14-22
Sec. 15.
(a)
Notwithstanding the requirements of this rule, a resident landowner or a tenant
may take the following species of wild animals, without a permit at any time,
if the wild animal is causing damage or threatening to cause damage to property
or is posing a health or safety threat to persons or domestic animals:
(1) A beaver.
(2) A mink.
(3) A muskrat.
(4) A long-tailed weasel.
(5) A red fox.
(6) A gray fox.
(7) An opossum.
(8) A skunk.
(9) A raccoon.
(10) A fox squirrel.
(11) A gray squirrel.
(12) A mute swan.
(b) An individual who takes a wild animal
under subsection (a) must comply with section 18 of this rule and do one (1) of
the following:
(1) Release the wild animal on
land in the county where the wild animal was captured only with permission of
the landowner or property manager.
(2) Euthanize the wild animal within
twenty-four (24) hours of capture.
(c) An individual who takes a wild animal
under subsection (a) must not do the following:
(1) Possess the wild animal for more than
twenty-four (24) hours.
(2) Sell,
trade, barter, or gift the wild animal.
(3) Use a method prohibited in section 18 of
this rule.
(d) An
individual may take a wild animal listed in subsection (a) for a resident
landowner or tenant with written permission from the landowner or tenant and
with no compensation of any kind.
(e) As used in this section, a landowner or
tenant is a person as defined in IC
14-8-2-202.
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