Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 67e - Implementation of a Falconry Program › Section 26-67e-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) For the purposes of sections 26-67e-1 to
			 26-67e-18,
			 inclusive of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Bate" means an attempt to fly a raptor
			 while tethered;
(2) "Cable band"
			 means a non-reusable, numbered United States Fish and Wildlife Service band
			 used to uniquely identify a raptor taken from the wild for falconry;
(3) "Captive-bred raptor" means a raptor,
			 including a hybrid, born and raised in captivity;
(4) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
			 Energy and Environmental Protection;
(5) "Custodial falconer" means the falconer
			 of record with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, pursuant to section
			 26-67e-14
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, as possessing a specific
			 raptor for purposes of falconry;
(6) "Department" means the Department of
			 Energy and Environmental Protection;
(7) "Falconer" means a person who engages in
			 falconry and who holds a valid Connecticut falconry permit;
(8) "Falconry" means "falconry" as defined in
			 section
			 26-67d of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes;
(9) "Hacking" means the temporary release of
			 a falconry bird to the wild to survive on its own;
(10) "Harass" means any act that may injure
			 wildlife by disrupting normal behavior;
(11) "Harm" means an act that results in
			 death or injury;
(12) "Hybrid"
			 means the offspring of two or more distinct species;
(13) "Imping" means the process of grafting
			 feathers onto the wing or tail of a bird to repair damage or to increase flying
			 capacity;
(14) "Imprint" means a
			 bird that is hand-raised in isolation from the sight of another raptor from two
			 weeks of age until it has developed the plumage necessary for flight. An
			 imprinted bird is considered to be so for its lifetime;
(15) "Jurisdiction of the United States"
			 means the state of Connecticut, any other state, the District of Columbia, and
			 any tribe or territory of the United States;
(16) "Microchip" means an identifying
			 integrated circuit placed under the skin of a raptor that uses passive Radio
			 Frequency Identification (RFID) technology and is ISO (International
			 Organization for Standardization) compliant (134.2 kHz);
(17) "Non-resident" means any person who is a
			 resident of a jurisdiction of the United States other than
			 Connecticut;
(18) "Raptor" has the
			 same meaning, as provided in section
			 26-67d of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes;
(19) "Resident" means any person who is a
			 Connecticut resident;
(20)
			 "Seamless band" means a uniquely numbered, seamless, metal band issued by the
			 United States Fish and Wildlife Service to be affixed to the leg of a
			 captive-bred raptor;
(21) "Standard
			 band" means a numbered, aluminum, lock-on or butt-end band issued by the United
			 States Geological Survey Bird Banding Laboratory to be affixed to the leg of a
			 raptor released to the wild; and
(22) "Take" means to harass, pursue, hunt,
			 shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture or collect or attempt to engage in any such
			 conduct involving wildlife.