The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
(1) Education--Activities that encourage management
and conservation of wildlife resources or that are intended to increase
the public's awareness and understanding of aspects of wildlife biology.
(2) Final disposition--The terminal status of wildlife
rehabilitation efforts due to transfer, retention, mortality, or euthanasia.
(3) Fostering--Using a captive animal to rear young
animals of the same species.
(4) Holding--Retaining in captivity.
(5) Human imprinting or human bonding--A dependency
or fixation upon humans as parent substitutes or companions.
(6) Non-releasable animal--An animal which, after rehabilitation,
is determined by the department to be unlikely to survive in the wild
if released.
(7) Propagate--To allow animals to produce offspring.
(8) Rehabilitation--The temporary caring for injured,
orphaned, or sick wildlife until such animals can be released to the
wild.
(9) Satellite rehabilitation facility (satellite facility)--A
facility registered with the department and operated by a subpermittee
under the supervision of a permittee.
(10) Socialize--Using a captive animal to teach wild
behaviors to juvenile animals of the same species.
(11) Subpermittee--A person authorized by a permittee
to conduct activities governed by this subchapter.
(12) "Wildlife Protected" wildlife--as defined by Parks
and Wildlife Code, Chapter 43, Subchapter C.
(13) Supervisory permittee--A permittee who is responsible
for the activities of subpermittees listed on the permittee's permit
and volunteers at the permittee's or subpermittee's facility or satellite
facility, as applicable.
(14) Volunteer--An individual who is not a permittee
or subpermittee and works with permitted wildlife in the presence
of the permittee or subpermittee.
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