New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 35 - CAPTIVE WILDLIFE USES › Part 5 - WILDLIFE REHABILITATION PERMITS › Section 19.35.5.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. "Agent": A
				person authorized to assist a permittee in performing rehabilitation functions,
				including transport or rehabilitation of wildlife, provided there is an
				employment or direct supervisory relationship between the permittee and the
				agent.
B. "Apprentice": A person in
				training who assists in all rehabilitation functions including, but not limited
				to, maintenance, transport and record keeping under the direct supervision of
				the permittee or co-permittee.
C.
				"Captive releases": Release of wildlife to an enclosed area from which the
				animal is not likely to be able to leave at will.
D. "Co-Permittee (sub-permittee)": A person
				holding all rights and responsibilities under a permit with another
				person.
E. "Department": The New
				Mexico department of game and fish.
F. "Director": The chief administrator for
				the department of game and fish.
G.
				"Endangered species": Any species listed or described by the department
				pursuant to the New Mexico department of game and fish statutes or
				regulations.
H. "Holding":
				Retaining in captivity.
I. "Human
				imprinting or human bonding": An abnormal dependency or fixation upon humans as
				parent substitutes or as companions resulting from too much association with
				humans at an early age.
J.
				"Migratory birds": A bird listed under or pursuant to the Migratory Bird Treaty
				Act (
				16 United
				States Code 703 -
				712
				).
K. "Non-releasable animal": An
				injured animal, which after rehabilitation is determined to be unlikely to
				survive in the wild if released.
L.
				"Permit": The document issued under this regulation for a person(s) to conduct
				activities as authorized by the department of game and fish.
M. "Permitted rehabilitator": The person who
				holds a valid current permit from any state and a federal permit.
N. "Permittee responsibility": The
				responsibility that a permit holder or co-permit holder has to direct the
				actions of an individual under his or her control, and for which that
				supervisor accepted legal responsibility.
O. "Protected wildlife": A species, the
				possession or taking of which is controlled, regulated or prohibited by state
				or federal law or regulation. Specifically excluded from this definition are
				rock doves, European starlings, house sparrows, and domestic animals occuring
				in the wild.
P. "Rehabilitation":
				The temporary caring for injured, orphaned, sick or otherwise incapacitated
				wildlife until such animals can be released to the wild.
Q. "Release to the wild": Release of wildlife
				to an area where it is capable of leaving at will.
R. "Taking": The act of hooking, netting,
				snaring, trapping, pursuing, shooting, killing or capturing by any means or
				device and includes the attempt to take by the use of any method.
S. "Transportation": The transfer of captive
				protected wildlife by an individual(s) to a permit holder.