§ 11-6-302 — Definitions

Wyoming § 11-6-302

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 11: Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals
• Ch. 6: PREDATORY ANIMALS
• Art. 3: WYOMING ANIMAL DAMAGE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

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(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Board" means the Wyoming animal damage
management board (ADMB);
(ii) "Crop" or "agricultural crop" when not otherwise
defined by statute means corn, oats, wheat, barley, flax,
sorghums and other grains, potatoes, vegetables, forage legumes,
hay, and any other product of cultivation, trees, bees, honey
and hives;
(iii) "Damage" means any injury to or loss of
livestock, agricultural crops or wildlife inflicted by predatory
animals, predacious birds or depredating animals;
(iv) "Depredating animal" means any trophy game
animal or furbearing animal that causes damage;
(v) "Furbearing animal" means badger, beaver, bobcat,
marten, mink, muskrat or weasel;
(vi) "Livestock" means horses, mules, cattle, swine,
sheep, goats, poultry, guard animals or any other animal
maintained under domestication. Bison are considered livestock
unless otherwise designated by the Wyoming livestock board and
the Wyoming game and fish commission;
(vii) "Person" means as defined by W.S.
8-1-102(a)(vi);
(viii) "Predacious bird" means any predatory avian
species that is permitted to be taken under either Wyoming law
or federal law;
(ix) "Predatory animal" means:
(A) Coyote, jackrabbit, porcupine, raccoon, red
fox, skunk or stray cat; and
(B) Until the date gray wolves are removed from
the list of experimental nonessential population, endangered
species or threatened species in Wyoming as provided by W.S.
23-1-108, "predatory animal" includes wolves. After that date,
"predatory animal" shall include any gray wolf within areas of
the state where the state of Wyoming has jurisdiction for
wildlife management, but not within an area of the state in
which the gray wolf is:
(I) Designated as a trophy game animal
under W.S. 23-1-101(a)(xii)(B)(I) or (II).
(II) Repealed By Laws 2012, Ch. 25, § 2.
(x) "Trophy game animal" means:
(A) Black bear, grizzly bear or mountain lion;
and
(B) From and after the date gray wolves are
removed from the list of experimental nonessential population,
endangered species or threatened species in Wyoming as provided
by W.S. 23-1-108:
(I) "Trophy game animal" shall include any
gray wolf within those areas where gray wolves are designated as
trophy game animals as provided in W.S. 23-1-101(a)(xii)(B)(I)
or (II).
(II) Repealed By Laws 2012, Ch. 25, § 2.
(xi) "Wildlife" means all wild mammals, birds, fish,
amphibians, reptiles, crustaceans and mollusks, and wild bison
designated by the Wyoming game and fish commission and the
Wyoming livestock board within this state;
(xii) "Take" means as defined by W.S.
23-1-102(a)(vii).
(b) Repealed By Laws 2012, Ch. 25, § 2.