Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 3 - Game › Chapter 92 - Statewide Provisions › Article 3 - Permits › 5 AAC 92.029 - Permit for possessing live game

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  otherwise provided in this chapter, or in AS 16, no person may possess, import,
				  release, export, or assist in importing, releasing, or exporting, live game,
				  unless the person holds a possession permit issued by the department.
(b) The following species, not including a
				  hybrid of a game animal and a species listed in this subsection, may be
				  possessed, imported, exported, bought, sold, or traded without a permit from
				  the department but may not be released into the wild:Common Name                           Scientific Name

Dog
Canis familiaris
Cat
Felis catus
Sheep
Ovis aries
Goat
Capra hircus
Cattle
Bos taurus
Oxen
Bos spp.
Horse
Equus caballus
Guinea pig
Cavia porcellus
Reindeer (except feral reindeer)
Rangifer tarandus Var.
Llama
Lama peruana
Alpaca
Lama pacos
One-humped camel
Camelus dromedarius
Ass
Equus asinus Var.
Mule
Equus asinus x caballus
Swine
Sus scrofa domesticus.
European ferret
Mustela putorius furo
European rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus Var.
White rat
Rattus norvegicus Var.
albinus
Mice: white, waltzing, singing,
Mus musculus Var.
shaker, piebald

Fat-tailed gerbil
Pachyuromys duprasi
Gerbil
Gerbillus spp.
Hamster (golden)
Mesocricetus auratus
Chinchilla
Chinchilla laniger
Cavy
Cavia aperea
Hedgehog, African Pygmy
Erinaceus albiventris
Chicken
Gallus gallus Var.
Pigeon
Columia livia Var.
Any Turkey species
Subfamily Meleagridinae
Any Pheasant, Junglefowl or
Subfamily Phasianinae
Coturnix species

Any Guineafowl species
Subfamily Numidinae
Canary
Serinus canaria Var.
Parrot, parakeet, cockatiel,
Family Psittacidae
macaw, and other members of

the Family
Psittacidae
not prohibited by federal or

international law

Toucan
Family Ramphastidae
Any New World Quail species
Subfamily Odontophorinae
(including Bobwhite)

Mynah
Acridotheres spp.
Any Peafowl species
Pavo spp.
Any duck, goose, swan, or other

migratory waterfowl which

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service determines does not

require a federal permit for

private ownership

Chukar partridge
Alectoris
chukar

Button "quail"                        Family
Turnicidae
in the

                                      order
Gruiformes
Any nonvenomous reptile               Class
Reptilia
(crocodile, alligator, snake,

turtle, or lizard)

Members of the bird families
Fringillidae
,
Turdidae
,
Zosteripidae
,
Pycnonotidae
,
Timaliidae
, and
Ploceidae
of non-

Holarctic origin. Members of

the bird families
Columbidae
and
Trogonidae
of non-

nearctic origin.

Elk (except feral and wild elk)
(Cervus elaphus)
Bison (except feral and wild bison)
(Bison bison)
Muskoxen (except feral and wild

muskoxen)
(Ovibos moschatus)
Emu
Dromaius novaehollandiae
(c) The
				  department may not issue a permit for the capture, possession, import, or
				  export of any game animal, including a hybrid of a game animal and a species
				  listed in (b) of this section, for use as a pet, exept that a person that
				  possessed a chimpanzee as a pet before January 31, 2010 may obtain a permit
				  from the department before July 1, 2010, in order to maintain possession of the
				  chimpanzee in this state. The propagation of chimpanzees is prohibited in this
				  state.
(d) Under this section, and
				  in accordance with the definition of "game" in
				  AS
				  16.05.940 (which includes feral domestic
				  animals), a
(1) game animal defined as
				  deleterious exotic wildlife or nonindigenous gallinaceous bird is feral if the
				  animal is not under direct control of an owner, including being confined in a
				  cage or other physical structure, or being restrained on a leash; the
				  commissioner may capture, destroy, or dispose of any feral deleterious exotic
				  wildlife or feral nonindigenous gallinaceous bird in an appropriate
				  manner;
(2) musk oxen, bison, or
				  reindeer that is lawfully owned, or an elk held under a valid game mammal
				  farming license, that is not confined or is not under positive control is feral
				  unless the animal is a free-ranging animal under a state or federal grazing
				  lease; however,
(A) a person who can
				  demonstrate ownership of the animal may pursue and capture the animal within 48
				  hours after the animal escapes from confinement, without needing to obtain a
				  permit from the department;
(B) a
				  person who can demonstrate ownership of the animal may pursue and capture the
				  animal more than 48 hours after the animal escapes from confinement only if the
				  person obtains a permit from the department;
(C) any free-ranging musk oxen, bison,
				  reindeer, or elk for which ownership cannot be demonstrated is presumed to be
				  game;
(D) for purposes of this
				  paragraph, ownership of an animal can be demonstrated only by means of a
				  clearly visible permanent brand, ear tag, or owner's mark on the body of the
				  animal.