§ 23-3-310 — Possession of road killed wildlife

Wyoming § 23-3-310

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 23: Game and Fish
• Ch. 3: GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS
• Art. 3: WILDLIFE PROVISIONS

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(a) The commission shall, in consultation with the state
transportation commission, adopt rules to establish a program
whereby any person desiring to possess wildlife killed as a
result of unintentional motor vehicle collisions on any public
road or highway in the state of Wyoming is permitted to do so,
provided that he collects the entire road killed animal, both
edible and inedible portions and possesses a donation
certificate or Wyoming interstate game tag issued by the
department, including a certificate or tag issued
electronically. Unless otherwise provided by rule of the
commission, a person desiring to possess a road killed animal
shall contact the department before taking possession of an
animal to obtain a donation certificate. The rules may provide
that a person requesting the donation certificate may have to
present the animal for inspection to verify its possession meets
the criteria of the regulation. No person possessing a donation
certificate shall donate a road killed animal to a nonprofit
organization in accordance with W.S. 35-7-1302(b)(vii).
(b) None of the provisions of this section shall apply to
bighorn sheep, gray wolves within any area of the state where
gray wolves are classified as trophy game animals, grizzly
bears, mountain goats, wildlife species covered under the
federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, federal threatened or
endangered species or those species whose possession is
prohibited by federal or state statute or regulation.
(c) Nothing in this section shall authorize the taking of
wildlife or possession of any illegally taken wildlife.
(d) Upon request of the state transportation commission,
the commission shall exempt segments of public road or highway
from the program established pursuant to this section.
(e) Once a carcass is retrieved by the department of
transportation, it becomes the property of the department and
shall be disposed of in accordance with department procedures.