250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-60-00-4.5
"Agent" means any person who acts or has authority to act on behalf of another or one who transacts business for another.
"Animal" and "animals" means every living creature including but not limited to, any species of mammal, bird, fish, reptile, amphibian, insect, aquatic organisms, or other animal except a human being.
"Department" or "DEM" means the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.
"Director" means the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, or his/her duly authorized agent or agents.
"Division" means the Division of Fish & Wildlife of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.
"Division of Law Enforcement" means the Chief of the DEM Division of Law Enforcement, the deputy chiefs and all officers of the Division of Law Enforcement.
"Endangered species" means any animal so declared by the United States secretaries of the interior or commerce under the provisions of the Federal Endangered Species Conservation Act or any animal so declared by the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-34.
"Fish and Wildlife" or "F&W" means the Department of Environmental Management's Division of Fish and Wildlife.
"Management of wildlife" or "wildlife management" for the purpose of these regulations means the manipulation of habitat or populations that are done to meet some specified human goal.
"Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, organization, corporation, association, business trust, estate, municipality, company, government entity, including but not limited to educational and research institutions, zoological gardens, schools, colleges, universities, laboratories, or other legal entity.
"Possession" means the exercise of dominion or control over the animal commencing at the time at which a decision is made not to return the animal to the immediate vicinity from which it was taken. The decision must be made at the first practical opportunity.
"Suppressed rifle," "suppressor," "sound suppressor" or "silencer" means a device attached to or part of the barrel of a firearm or air gun which reduces the amount of noise and visible muzzle flash generated by firing of the firearm.
"Take" or "taking" means to take possession of, to capture, procure, or to harvest, kill, or euthanize.
"Translocation" means the transport and release of animals from one location to another.
250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-60-00-4.5