Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › WILDLIFE › Chapter 220-440 - Wildlife management and wildlife interaction › Section 220-440-020 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Definitions used in rules of the fish and wildlife
				  commission are defined in
				  RCW
				  77.08.010, and the definitions for wildlife
				  interactions are defined in
				  RCW
				  77.36.010. In addition, unless otherwise
				  provided, the following definitions are applicable to this chapter:
"Act of damaging" means that private property is in the
				  process of being damaged by wildlife.
"Big game" means those animals listed in RCW
				  77.08.-030.
"Claim" means an application to the department for
				  compensation under this chapter.
"Claimant" means owner of commercial crop, livestock, or
				  other property who has filed a wildlife damage claim for cash
				  compensation.
"Commercial crop" means a commercially raised horticultural
				  and/or agricultural product and includes the growing or harvested product, but
				  does not include livestock, forest land, or rangeland. For the purposes of this
				  chapter, Christmas trees and managed pasture grown using agricultural methods
				  including one or more of the following: Seeding, planting, fertilizing,
				  irrigating, and all parts of horticultural trees, are considered a commercial
				  crop and are eligible for cash compensation.
"Compensation" means a cash payment, materials, or
				  service.
"Completed written claim" means that all of the information
				  required on a department property damage claim form is supplied and complete,
				  including all supplemental information and certifications required to process
				  the claim.
"Damage" means economic losses caused by wildlife
				  interactions.
"Damage claim assessment" means department approved methods
				  to evaluate crop loss and value caused by deer or elk damage to commercial
				  crops, livestock losses and value caused by bear, cougar, or wolves, or damages
				  to other property.
"Domestic animal" means any animal that is lawfully possessed
				  and controlled by a person.
"Eligible farmer" means an owner who satisfies the definition
				  of eligible farmer pursuant to
				  RCW
				  82.08.855(4)(b)(i) through
				  (iv).
"Emergent" means an unforeseen circumstance beyond the
				  control of the landowner or tenant, that presents a real and immediate threat
				  to crops, domestic animals, or fowl.
"Game animal" means wild animals that shall not be hunted
				  except as authorized by the commission.
"Guard dog" means dogs trained for the purpose of protecting
				  livestock from attack by wildlife or for herding livestock.
"Immediate family member" means spouse, state registered
				  domestic partner, brother, sister, grandparent, parent, child, or
				  grandchild.
"Immediate threat of physical harm" means that
				  animal-to-human bodily contact is imminent; and the animal is in attack
				  posture/mode.
"Livestock" means horses, cattle, sheep, goats, swine,
				  donkeys, mules, llamas, and alpacas.
"Owner" means a person who has a legal right to commercial
				  crops, livestock, or other private property that was damaged during a wildlife
				  interaction.
"Physical act of attacking" means actual or imminent
				  animal-to-human or animal-to-animal physical contact.
"Public hunting" means an owner satisfies the "public
				  hunting" requirement for his or her land, as defined in WAC 220-440-190.
"Wild animal" means those species of the class Mammalia whose
				  members exist in Washington in a wild state.
"Wildlife control operator" means a person who has
				  successfully completed the training and obtained one or more levels of
				  certification from the department to assist landowners to prevent or control
				  problems caused by wildlife.
"Wildlife interaction" means the negative interaction and the
				  resultant damage between wildlife and commercial crops, livestock, or other
				  property.