040-45 Wyo. Code R. § 45-2

Current through April 27, 2019
Section 45-2 - Definitions

Definitions shall be as set forth in Title 23, Wyoming Statutes, Commission regulations, and the Commission also adopts the following definitions:

(a) "Birds" mean game birds, migratory game birds, and protected birds.

(b) "Contact" means, but is not limited to, physical contact between the public and wildlife, including the unauthorized provision of food and liquids, and also visual, auditory, or olfactory contact between the public and wildlife that may cause or result in subjecting the wildlife to stress, behavioral anomalies, including taming or imprinting, or in any diminishment of the capacity of such wildlife to subsequently survive in the wild independent of human aid and sustenance.

(c) "DVM" means a doctor of veterinary medicine licensed to practice in the state.

(d) "Public" means, but is not limited to, all persons other than the wildlife rehabilitator permitted under this regulation: public does not mean members of the immediate family of wildlife rehabilitators, providers of temporary care authorized under this regulation, DVMs, or employees of the Department.

(e) "Rehabilitate" means the provision of care and treatment to sick, injured, debilitated, or orphaned wildlife for the purpose of returning such wildlife to the wild in a condition that enables the wildlife to survive independent of human aid and sustenance.

(f) "Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit, Provisional Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit or Permit" means a permit issued pursuant to this regulation and Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Regulation Chapter 10, Regulation For Importation, Possession, Confinement, Transportation, Sale and Disposition of Live Wildlife, revised as of January 22, 2014, and which does not include any later amendments or editions of the incorporated matter. A copy of all Commission regulations can be viewed at any Department Regional Office or the Headquarters Office.

(g) "Wildlife Rehabilitator, Provisional Wildlife Rehabilitator or Permittee" means a person who has been issued a permit in accordance with the provisions of this regulation for the purpose of providing care, aid and treatment to sick, injured, debilitated or orphaned wildlife with the goal of returning such wildlife to the wild independent of human aid or sustenance.

040-45 Wyo. Code R. § 45-2