Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › WILDLIFE › Chapter 220-450 - Wildlife in captivity and wildlife rehabilitation › Section 220-450-010 - Criteria for planting aquatic plants and releasing wildlife

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Release by
				persons other than the director. It is unlawful for persons other than the
				director to plant aquatic plants or release any species, subspecies, or hybrids
				of animals which do not already exist in the wild in Washington. If such
				species, subspecies, or hybrid does already exist in the wild in Washington, it
				may be released within its established range by persons other than the
				director, but only after obtaining a permit from the director.
(a) Application for a permit must be made on
				a form provided by the department. It must be submitted at least thirty days
				prior to acquisition of the wildlife or aquatic plants intended for release or
				planting, and must provide all information indicated.
(b) Permits will only be issued if the
				director determines there will be no adverse impact on the wildlife or wildlife
				habitat of the state.
(c) Each
				permit shall require that at least thirty days prior to planting or release of
				wildlife or aquatic plants they must be made available for inspection by the
				director. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to show that the
				wildlife will not pose a disease threat. If the director is not satisfied that
				the wildlife or aquatic plants do not pose a disease threat, they shall not be
				released or planted in the state. Director approval for release or planting may
				be withdrawn for cause.
(d) Each
				permit shall require that an applicant intending to release wildlife in the
				state shall report immediately to the director the outbreak of any disease
				among the wildlife intended to be released. If the director determines that
				such outbreak presents a threat to the wildlife of the state, the director may
				immediately order such action as necessary including quarantine or destruction
				of stock, sterilization of enclosures and facilities, cessation of activities,
				and disposal of wildlife in a manner satisfactory to the director.
(e) Each permit shall require that wildlife
				to be released shall not be branded, tattooed, tagged, fin clipped or otherwise
				marked for identification without approval of the director or as required in
				WAC
				220-416-110.
(f) Legally acquired pheasant of the genus
Phasianus
; gray partridge of the genus
Perdix
; chukar of the genus
Alec-toris
; quail
				of the genus
Callipepla
and
Colinus
; and
				mallards (
Anas platyrhynchos
) may be released without a permit
				for purposes of dog training, and hunting pursuant to WAC
				220-416-110.
				Game birds of these species released for these purposes must be acquired from a
				department facility, a state- or federally licensed game farm facility that has
				been inspected by a certified veterinarian within the past twelve months, or a
				facility with current National Poultry Improvement Plan certification. Rock
				doves and Eurasian collared doves may be released without a permit for purposes
				of bird dog training.