Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 3 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION › Division 10 - Conservation Commission › Chapter 9 - Wildlife Code: Confined Wildlife: Privileges, Permits, Standards › Section 3 CSR 10-9.575 - Hound Running Area: Privileges, Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment increases the fee for ear
				  tags for individuals operating under a Hound Running Area Operator and Dealer
				  Permit to reflect a more current cost adjustment based on changes in the
				  Consumer Price Index.
(1) A
				permit may be granted after satisfactory evidence by the applicant that his/her
				stock is from a legal source and that the foxes and coyotes will be confined in
				humane and sanitary facilities that meet standards specified in
				3 CSR
				10-9.220. All stock acquired must be from legal
				sources within the state.
(2) A
				hound running area shall be a single body of land as specified on the permit,
				fenced to enclose and contain all released foxes and coyotes and to exclude all
				others, and posted with signs provided by the department. New areas approved
				after March 1, 2005 must be at least forty (40) acres in size. A minimum of one
				(1) dog-proof escape area (culvert, brush pile, fenced refuge or other suitable
				structure) shall be provided per each twenty-five (25) acres, and be available
				for use by foxes and coyotes any time dogs are present on the area. Escape
				areas shall not be located immediately adjacent to each other.
(3) The holder of a Hound Running Area
				Operator and Dealer Permit may obtain live foxes and coyotes from a holder of a
				valid Resident Commercial Live Coyote and Fox Trapping Permit as prescribed in
				3 CSR
				10-10.788 and
				3 CSR
				10-10.789. Eartags attached to foxes and coyotes in
				accordance with 3 CSR 10-10.789 shall remain on
				each fox or coyote obtained from a Resident Commercial Live Coyote and Fox
				Trapping Permit holder. Permittees may also purchase foxes and coyotes from a
				holder of a Class I Wildlife Breeder Permit or a holder of a Hound Running Area
				Operator and Dealer Permit. Foxes and coyotes may be held in temporary
				confinement facilities on the hound running area or another location specified
				on the permit. These foxes and coyotes may only be released in to a permitted
				hound running area and must be individually marked with ear tags provided by
				the department for which the permittee shall pay sixty cents (60¢) per
				tag. These animals may not be given away, released to the wild, or exported,
				except with written authorization of the director.
(4) Foxes and coyotes in a hound running area
				may be chased with dogs, but not with the intent to capture or kill.
(5) Prior to being chased, all newly-acquired
				foxes and coyotes shall be provided a minimum of seven (7) days to acclimate to
				the area. Wildlife held under this permit are subject to inspection by an agent
				of the department and this inspection may include removal of reasonable samples
				for biological examination.
(6) Any
				person releasing dogs on a hound running area shall have in his/her possession
				a valid Missouri small game hunting permit, except that Missouri residents
				fifteen (15) years of age and under and sixty-five (65) years of age and over
				are exempt from this requirement.
(7) The hound running area operator/dealer
				shall keep an accurate permanent record on forms provided by the department of
				the supplier's full name and address and number of each species held, captured,
				purchased, sold, propagated, released on the area, or otherwise disposed of.
				Printed copies of these forms can be obtained from the Missouri Department of
				Conservation, PO Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180 and online at
www.missouriconservation.org
.
				Ear tag numbers must also be recorded for each animal released into the area.
				These records are subject to inspection by an agent of the department at any
				reasonable time.