hordruma/ontario_laws_and_regs huggingface dataset:
Trapping — incidental catch
 23.19 (1) Clause 9 (1) (a) of the Act does not apply to a person who incidentally traps an animal that belongs to a species that is listed on the Species at Risk in Ontario List as an extirpated, endangered or threatened species, if, (a) the person is trapping under the authority of a trapping licence under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997; (b) the person is trapping in accordance with Ontario Regulation 667/98 (Trapping) made under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997; (c) the person traps the animal despite the exercise of all due diligence; (d) the incidentally trapped animal, (i) is immediately released in a manner that causes it the least harm, if the animal is alive when it is found and has a reasonable chance of survival in the wild, or (ii) is killed in a humane manner, if the animal is alive when it is found and does not have a reasonable chance of survival in the wild; (e) in cases where the animal is killed and is a furbearing mammal as defined in the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997, the person obtains a licence to possess a pelt, as required under Part II of Ontario Regulation 666/98 (Possession, Buying and Selling of Wildlife) made under that Act; and (f) in cases where the animal is killed and is not a furbearing mammal as defined in the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997, the person, (i) promptly after the killing, gives notice of the incidental trapping and killing to the Minister by completing a notice of incidental trapping form available on the Registry and submitting it to the Minister through the Registry, and (ii) follows the requirements of section 23.3 with respect to the completion of the notice of incidental trapping form, the keeping of records relating to the notice of incidental trapping form and the updating of the information on the Registry. O. Reg. 176/13, s. 14; O. Reg. 831/21, s. 16 (1). (2)-(4) Revoked: O. Reg. 831/21, s. 16 (2). (5) Clause 9 (1) (b) of the Act does not apply to a person who possesses or transports a dead animal or a part of an animal if, pursuant to subsection (1), the person is exempt from clause 9 (1) (a) of the Act in respect of the incidental trapping of the animal. O. Reg. 176/13, s. 14; O. Reg. 831/21, s. 16 (3).