Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 10 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE WARM-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 10-26 - Game Farm

Current through July 13, 2024
The single game farm existing on or before January 1, 1975,
				  as referred to in Wyoming Session Laws 1975, ch. 83, s2, shall only conduct
				  operations under a permit issued by the Department and in accordance with this
				  regulation. The game farm doing business as the NX Bar Ranch shall have the
				  right to import North American elk (
Cervus canadensis
). The
				  game farm shall have the right to possess, confine, transport, sell, take or
				  dispose of all the privately owned elk on the premises and their progeny in
				  accordance with this regulation and the provisions listed in this
				  section.
(a) The permittee shall be
				solely responsible for all costs, expenses and damages suffered as a result of
				importation and possession of said animals including, but not limited to,
				quarantine, or total or partial depopulation on account of pathogens, diseases
				or parasites; or costs and expenses associated with the capture of or
				destruction of escaped animals, excluding the salaries and transportation costs
				of Department employees.
(b) Taking
				of elk that are the property of the state by the permittee or his agent or
				failing to notify the Department within twenty-four (24) hours following
				discovery of elk that are the property of the state within the holding
				facilities shall be a violation of Wyoming Statutes and Wyoming Game and Fish
				Commission Regulations.
(c)
				Application for Importation/Possession Permit. Application for a permit shall
				be submitted to the Department on a form provided by the Department. Incomplete
				applications shall not be considered by the Department. Failure to properly
				complete the application with correct information may result in permit denial
				or revocation. Any person who makes a false statement on an application is in
				violation of this regulation.
(d)
				The application shall be legible, fully completed and include all of the
				following:
(i) The name, complete mailing
				address, physical address and telephone number of the person, as defined by W.
				S. §
										
											23-1-102(a)(viii), making
				application for a permit;
(ii) The
				total number of live, privately owned elk possessed at the time of
				application;
(iii) The purpose(s)
				for which the elk are possessed;
(iv) A complete description of the holding
				facility to include, but not limited to, the geographic legal description to
				the quarter/quarter section, fencing specifications and design, size and
				construction specifications for enclosures and handling facilities;
(v) A description of the type of tattoo and
				any other permanent marking to be utilized on privately owned live elk at the
				time of import and export;
(vi) The
				application shall be signed, dated, and sworn to before a notary public;
				and,
(vii) All the information
				required by this subsection shall be kept current by the holder of this permit
				and any changes in any information shall be promptly provided by the holder of
				the permit to the Department. The NX Bar Ranch game farm permit shall be issued
				to the owner of record of the up to twenty-six thousand (26,000) acre ranch in
				northeast Sheridan County on which the game farm is presently operated. The
				permit is attached to the land which is described on the application. For any
				proposed transfer of the land and permit, an application to the Department
				shall be filed in the form as prescribed by this subsection.