Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.24-124 - 09.07 Wildlife Breeder/Dealer Permit Required

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
It is unlawful to rear, breed, propagate, produce, distribute,
				sell, or offer for sale any wildlife in Arkansas without first obtaining a
				valid Wildlife Breeder/Dealer Permit from the Commission (Addendum
				F1.03).
EXCEPTIONS:
A. Fish, bullfrogs, mussels, aquatic turtles
			 and alligators in compliance with Code 09.06 and Chapters 29.00, 30.00, 31.00,
			 32.00, 33.00, 34.00, 35.00.
B. Red
			 fox, gray fox and coyote legally trapped in Arkansas may be sold by persons
			 with a valid Live Fox and Coyote Permit, hunting license and trapping
			 permit.
C. Accredited members of
			 the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
D. Holders of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
			 Raptor Propagation Permits may propagate, distribute, and sell raptors without
			 a Commission Wildlife Breeder/Dealer Permit.
E. Holders of Game Bird Shooting Resort
			 Permits do not need a Wildlife Breeder/Dealer Permit if the holder is breeding
			 game birds solely for the use of the permitted resort unless the permit holder
			 will be distributing, selling, or offering for sale, game birds or other
			 wildlife.
F. No Wildlife
			 Breeder/Dealer Permit is necessary for wildlife listed in Addendum R1.01. No
			 permit will be issued for wildlife listed in Addendum R1.03.
G. In compliance with Code 09.15.
H. Terrestrial invertebrate species not
			 otherwise prohibited by this Code or by federal or state regulations.
I. Arkansas residents may sell or transfer up
			 to twenty (20) individual wildlife specimens listed in Addendum R1.02 per
			 calendar year that were acquired from a permitted Wildlife Breeder/ Dealer or
			 imported with a valid Wildlife Importation Permit provided except for large
			 carnivores, mountain lions, primates, any member of the Cervidae family or any
			 species listed in Code Addendum F1.03 Sections (B)(4) and (C)(5). Each sale or
			 transfer must be registered by the seller with the Commission. Registered
			 wildlife may be subsequently sold or transferred in accordance with the
			 preceding sentence.
J. Persons with
			 fewer than 100 northern bobwhite that are possessed and bred solely for
			 personal consumption and are not sold or otherwise transferred from the
			 facility. Northern bobwhite for these facilities may only be acquired from a
			 Commission-permitted Wildlife Breeder/Dealer or imported into the state in
			 accordance with a Wildlife Importation Permit.
PENALTY:
Class 3
A. Any person convicted of violating this
			 regulation shall be liable for the costs accrued in the storage, care, and
			 maintenance of any equipment or wildlife seized in connection with the
			 violation.
B. Any person convicted
			 of violating this regulation shall be liable for the costs of any and all tests
			 and/or examinations of the illegal wildlife and shall be liable for the costs
			 of destruction and/or disposal of the illegal wildlife, as deemed necessary by
			 the Commission for the protection of native wildlife.