Section 169.08 - Propagation of wild animals(1) REQUIREMENT. No person may propagate any native wild animal or any nonnative wild animal of the family ursidae except as authorized under a captive wild animal farm license, a bird hunting preserve license, a wild fur farm license, a nonprofit educational exhibiting license, or a scientific research license.(2) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN WILD ANIMALS. A person is exempt from the requirement under sub. (1) if the wild animal that the person propagates is a wild animal that is exempt under s. 169.04(4) (a) or (b).(3) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS. Each of the following is exempt from the requirement under sub. (1): (a) A public zoo or aquarium.(b) A circus or the Circus World Museum located in Baraboo, Wisconsin.(4) INAPPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN WILD ANIMALS. This section does not authorize the propagating of harmful wild animals.