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TITLE 31NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
PART 2TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 65WILDLIFE
SUBCHAPTER CPERMITS FOR TRAPPING, TRANSPORTING, AND TRANSPLANTING GAME ANIMALS AND GAME BIRDS
RULE §65.116Nuisance Squirrels

No permit or report is required for a landowner or his/her agent to live trap, transport, and release nuisance squirrels if:

  (1) local ordinances prohibit the use of means and methods provided by §65.11 of this title (relating to Means and Methods);

  (2) written permission from the owner of the property where squirrels are to be released:

    (A) has been obtained prior to transport and release; and

    (B) is carried while transporting squirrels;

  (3) trapping devices are:

    (A) designed to not inflict physical injury to trapped squirrels; and

    (B) labeled with the owner's name, street address, city, and telephone number;

  (4) reasonable precautions are made to assure the humane treatment of trapped squirrels; and

  (5) trapped squirrels are released no later than 24 hours after capture.


Source Note: The provisions of this §65.116 adopted to be effective November 7, 2000, 25 TexReg 10922

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