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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 13:48:22+00:00

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This chapter of Texas regulations provide the requirements to obtain a wildlife rehabilitation permit. The qualifications to obtain a wildlife rehabilitation permit are also outlined. General facilities standards and inspection requirements are provided.
(1) Education--Activities that encourage management and conservation of wildlife resources or which are intended to increase the public's awareness and understanding of aspects of wildlife biology.
(2) Fostering--Using a captive animal to rear young animals of the same species.
(4) Human imprinting or human bonding--A dependency or fixation upon humans as parent substitutes or companions.
(5) Non-releasable animal--An animal which, after rehabilitation, is determined by the department to be unlikely to survive in the wild if released.
(6) Propagate--To allow animals to produce offspring.
(7) Rehabilitation--The temporary caring for injured, orphaned, or sick wildlife until such animals can be released to the wild.
(8) Release to the wild--Release of wildlife to an area where it is capable of leaving at will.
(9) Socialize--Using a captive animal to teach wild behaviors to juvenile animals of the same species.
(10) Subpermittee--A person authorized by a permit to conduct activities only while under the supervisory responsibility of a permit holder.
(11) Supervisory responsibility--The responsibility that a permit holder has to direct the actions of an individual under his or her control, and for which that supervisor accepted legal responsibility.
(12) Transportation--The transfer of captive protected wildlife from one permit holder to another, from an out-of-state source to an in-state permit holder, from an in-state permit holder to an out-of-state destination, from site of legal capture to holding, or to site of final disposition.
(13) Volunteer--An individual who works with permitted wildlife in the presence of the permit holder or subpermittee.
Source: The provisions of this § 69.43 adopted to be effective January 30, 1997, 22 TexReg 902.
(g) Non-releasable protected wildlife shall be euthanized unless the permittee meets the criteria established in paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection for the retention of nonreleasable wildlife. Permission to retain non-releasable wildlife may be granted only to rehabilitators who have at least three years' experience as a permitted wildlife rehabilitator.
Source: The provisions of this § 69.44 adopted to be effective January 30, 1997, 22 TexReg 902.
Source: The provisions of this § 69.45 adopted to be effective January 30, 1997, 22 TexReg 902.
(a) Applications shall be made on forms supplied by the department, and shall be submitted with the letters of recommendation required by § 69.47 of this title (relating to Qualifications). Incomplete applications will not be processed.
Source: The provisions of this § 69.46 adopted to be effective January 30, 1997, 22 TexReg 902; amended to be effective April 4, 2005, 30 TexReg 1953.
(c) The department reserves the right to refuse permit issuance to persons who have been finally convicted of any violation of state or federal law applicable to fish and wildlife.
Source: The provisions of this § 69.47 adopted to be effective January 30, 1997, 22 TexReg 902; amended to be effective April 23, 2001, 26 TexReg 3025.
(a) Renewal applications shall be made on a form provided by the department and shall be submitted with the annual report required by § 69.52 of this title (relating to Reports) by no later than January 15 of each year.
(b) Renewal applications shall not be processed until the department has received all reports required by § 69.52 of this title (relating to Reports).
Source: The provisions of this § 69.48 adopted to be effective January 30, 1997, 22 TexReg 902.
Source: The provisions of this § 69.49 adopted to be effective January 30, 1997, 22 TexReg 902.
Source: The provisions of this § 69.50 adopted to be effective January 30, 1997, 22 TexReg 902.
(a) A permittee shall release all wildlife capable of surviving in the wild in accordance with the provisions of this section, unless specifically authorized in writing by the department to do otherwise.
(b) A permit holder shall not release wildlife in such a manner or at such a location so that the released animals are likely to become a nuisance or a depredation threat.
(c) Wildlife releases shall not be made in or to fenced or enclosed areas that prevent the animal from leaving at will.
(d) Protected wildlife shall be released only to habitat appropriate for the species.
(e) Permittees may not release wildlife on department property without the permission of the department.
(f) A permittee commits an offense if the permittee is on private property and fails to have on their person the written permission of the landowner, lessee, or operator to be on that property.
Source: The provisions of this § 69.51 adopted to be effective January 30, 1997, 22 TexReg 902; amended to be effective April 23, 2001, 26 TexReg 3025.
Source: The provisions of this § 69.52 adopted to be effective January 30, 1997, 22 TexReg 902.
Source: The provisions of this § 69.53 adopted to be effective January 30, 1997, 22 TexReg 902.

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