U.S. State Laws Regarding Exotic Animals

(4) "commercial fisherman" means an individual who fishes commercially for, takes, orattempts to take fish, shellfish, or other fishery resources of the state by any means, andincludes every individual aboard a boat operated for fishing purposes who participatesdirectly or indirectly in the taking of these raw fishery products, whether participation ison shares or as an employee or otherwise; however, this definition does not apply toanyone aboard a licensed vessel as a visitor or guest who does not directly or indirectlyparticipate in the taking; "commercial fisherman" includes the crews of tenders or otherfloating craft used in transporting fish, but does not include processing workers onfloating fish processing vessels who do not operate fishing gear or engage in activitiesrelated to navigation or operation of the vessel; in this paragraph "operate fishing gear"means to deploy or remove gear from state water, remove fish from gear during an openfishing season or period, or possess a gill net containing fish during an open fishingperiod;(5) "commercial fishing" means the taking, fishing for, or possession of fish, shellfish, orother fishery resources with the intent of disposing of them for profit, or by sale, barter,trade, or in commercial channels; the failure to have a valid subsistence permit inpossession, if required by statute or regulation, is considered prima facie evidence ofcommercial fishing if commercial fishing gear as specified by regulation is involved inthe taking, fishing for, or possession of fish, shellfish, or other fish resources;(6) "commissioner" means the commissioner of fish and game unless specificallyprovided otherwise;(7) "customary and traditional" means the noncommercial, long-term, and consistenttaking of, use of, and reliance upon fish or game in a specific area and the use patterns ofthat fish or game that have been established over a reasonable period of time taking intoconsideration the availability of the fish or game;(8) "customary trade" means the limited noncommercial exchange, for minimal amountsof cash, as restricted by the appropriate board, of fish or game resources; the terms of thisparagraph do not restrict money sales of furs and furbearers.(9) "department" means the Department of Fish and Game unless specifically providedotherwise;(10) "domestic mammals" include musk oxen, bison, and reindeer, if they are lawfullyowned;(11) "domicile" means the true and permanent home of a person from which the personhas no present intention of moving and to which the person intends to return wheneverthe person is away; domicile may be proved by presenting evidence acceptable to theboards of fisheries and game;

(12) "fish" means any species of aquatic finfish, invertebrate, or amphibian, in any stageof its life cycle, found in or introduced into the state, and includes any part of suchaquatic finfish, invertebrate, or amphibian;(13) "fish derby" means a contest in which prizes are awarded for catching fish;(14) "fishery" means a specific administrative area in which a specific fishery resource istaken with a specific type of gear; however, the Board of Fisheries may designate afishery to include more than one specific administrative area, type of gear, or fisheryresource; in this paragraph(A) "gear" means the specific apparatus used in the harvest of a fishery resource; and(B) "type of gear" means an identifiable classification of gear and may include(i) classifications for which separate regulations are adopted by the Board of Fisheries orfor which separate gear licenses were required by former AS 16.05.550 - 16.05.630; and(ii) distinct subclassifications of gear such as "power" troll gear and "hand" troll gear orsport gear and guided sport gear;(15) "fish or game farming" means the business of propagating, breeding, raising, orproducing fish or game in captivity for the purpose of marketing the fish or game or theirproducts, and "captivity" means having the fish or game under positive control, as in apen, pond, or an area of land or water that is completely enclosed by a generally escapeproof barrier; in this paragraph, "fish" does not include shellfish, as defined in AS16.40.199;(16) "fish stock" means a species, subspecies, geographic grouping or other category offish manageable as a unit;(17) "fur dealing" means engaging in the business of buying, selling, or trading in animalskins, but does not include the sale of animal skins by a trapper or hunter who has legallytaken the animal, or the purchase of animal skins by a person, other than a fur dealer, forthe person's own use;(18) "game" means any species of bird, reptile, and mammal, including a feral domesticanimal, found or introduced in the state, except domestic birds and mammals; and gamemay be classified by regulation as big game, small game, fur bearers or other categoriesconsidered essential for carrying out the intention and purposes of AS 16.05 - AS 16.40;(19) "game population" means a group of game animals of a single species or subgroupmanageable as a unit;(20) "hunting" means the taking of game under AS 16.05 - AS 16.40 and the regulationsadopted under those chapters;

(21) "nonresident" means a person who is not a resident of the state;(22) "nonresident alien" means a person who is not a citizen of the United States andwhose permanent place of abode is not in the United States;(23) "operator" means the individual by law made responsible for the operation of thevessel;(24) "personal use fishing" means the taking, fishing for, or possession of finfish,shellfish, or other fishery resources, by Alaska residents for personal use and not for saleor barter, with gill or dip net, seine, fish wheel, long line, or other means defined by theBoard of Fisheries;(25) "person with physical disabilities" means a person who presents to the departmenteither written proof that the person receives at least 70 percent disability compensationfrom a government agency for a physical disability or an affidavit signed by a physicianlicensed to practice medicine in the state stating that the person is at least 70 percentphysically disabled;(26) "resident" means(A) a person who for the 12 consecutive months immediately preceding the time whenthe assertion of residence is made has maintained the person's domicile in the state andwho is neither claiming residency in another state, territory, or country nor obtainingbenefits under a claim of residency in another state, territory, or country;(B) a partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, or corporation that has its mainoffice or headquarters in the state; a natural person who does not otherwise qualify as aresident under this paragraph may not qualify as a resident by virtue of an interest in apartnership, association, joint stock company, trust, or corporation;(C) a member of the military service, or United States Coast Guard, who has beenstationed in the state for the 12 consecutive months immediately preceding the time whenthe assertion of residence is made;(D) a person who is the dependent of a resident member of the military service, or theUnited States Coast Guard, and who has lived in the state for the 12 consecutive monthsimmediately preceding the time when the assertion of residence is made; or(E) an alien who for the 12 consecutive months immediately preceding the time when theassertion of residence is made has maintained the person's domicile in the state and whois neither claiming residency in another state, territory, or country nor obtaining benefitsunder a claim of residency in another state, territory, or country;

(27) "rural area" means a community or area of the state in which the noncommercial,customary, and traditional use of fish or game for personal or family consumption is aprincipal characteristic of the economy of the community or area;(28) "seizure" means the actual or constructive taking or possession of real or personalproperty subject to seizure under AS 16.05 - AS 16.40 by an enforcement or investigativeofficer charged with enforcement of the fish and game laws of the state;(29) "sport fishing" means the taking of or attempting to take for personal use, and not forsale or barter, any fresh water, marine, or anadromous fish by hook and line held in thehand, or by hook and line with the line attached to a pole or rod which is held in the handor closely attended, or by other means defined by the Board of Fisheries;(30) "subsistence fishing" means the taking of, fishing for, or possession of fish, shellfish,or other fisheries resources by a resident domiciled in a rural area of the state forsubsistence uses with gill net, seine, fish wheel, long line, or other means defined by theBoard of Fisheries;(31) "subsistence hunting" means the taking of, hunting for, or possession of game by aresident domiciled in a rural area of the state for subsistence uses by means defined bythe Board of Game;(32) "subsistence uses" means the noncommercial, customary and traditional uses ofwild, renewable resources by a resident domiciled in a rural area of the state for directpersonal or family consumption as food, shelter, fuel, clothing, tools, or transportation,for the making and selling of handicraft articles out of nonedible by-products of fish andwildlife resources taken for personal or family consumption, and for the customary trade,barter, or sharing for personal or family consumption; in this paragraph, "family" meanspersons related by blood, marriage, or adoption, and a person living in the household on apermanent basis;(33) "take" means taking, pursuing, hunting, fishing, trapping, or in any mannerdisturbing, capturing, or killing or attempting to take, pursue, hunt, fish, trap, or in anymanner capture or kill fish or game;(34) "taxidermy" means tanning, mounting, processing, or other treatment or preparationof fish or game, or any part of fish or game, as a trophy, for monetary gain, including thereceiving of the fish or game or parts of fish or game for such purposes;(35) "trapping" means the taking of mammals declared by regulation to be fur bearers;(36) "vessel" means a floating craft powered, towed, rowed, or otherwise propelled,which is used for delivering, landing, or taking fish within the jurisdiction of the state, butdoes not include aircraft.

Arizona ARIZ. COMP.ADMIN R. & REGS. R12-4-406 - Restricted Live WildlifeA. Mammals listed below are "restricted live wildlife" as defined in R12-4-401. Thetaxonomic classification from Volumes I and II of Walker's Mammals of the World, FifthEdition, 1991, and not including any later edition, shall be the authority in the followingdesignations; a copy is on file with the Office of the Secretary of State and is availablefor inspection at any Department office.1. All species of the genus Didelphis. Common name: American opossums.2. All species of the order Insectivora. Common names: Insectivores or shrews andmoles.3. All species of the order Chiroptera. Common name: bats.4. All species of the family Pongidae of the order Primates. Common names: orangutans,chimpanzees, gorillas.5. All species of the order Edentata. Common names: edentates; or sloths, anteaters,armadillos.6. All species of the order Lagomorpha. Common names: pikas, rabbits, hares. GenusOryctolagus, containing domestic rabbits, is not wildlife.7. All species of the following families of the order Rodentia. Common name: rodents.a. The family Sciuridae. Common names: squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, woodchucksand prairie dogs.b. The family Geomyidae. Common name: pocket gophers.c. The family Castoridae. Common name: beavers.d. The family Erethizontidae. Common name: New World porcupines.e. The family Capromyidae. Common names: hutias, coypus or nutrias.8. All species of the order Carnivora. Common name: carnivores. Canis familiaris,domestic dogs; Felis catus, domestic cats; and Mustela putorius furo, domestic ferrets, arenot wildlife.9. All species of the following families of the order Artiodactyla. Common name: eventoed ungulates.

a. The family Tayassuidae. Common name: peccaries.b. The following genera of family Cervidae:i. The genus Alces. Common name: moose.ii. The genus Odocoileus. Common name: white-tailed and mule deer.iii. The genus Cervus. Common name: red deer and wapiti, except that the species Cervusnippon, Nippon deer, is not restricted.c. The family Antilocapridae. Common name: pronghorn.d. The family Bovidae. Common names: cattle; buffalo, bison, oxen, duikers, antelopes,gazelles, goats, sheep; except that the following are not restricted:i. The genus Bubalus. Common name: water buffalo.ii. The genus Bison. Common name: bison; American bison or buffalo.iii. Capra hircus, domestic goats; Ovis aries, domestic sheep; and Bos taurus, domesticcattle, are not wildlife.B. Birds listed below are "restricted live wildlife" as defined in R12-4-401.1. The following species within the family Phasianidae. Common names: partridges,grouse, turkeys, quail, and pheasants.a. Alectoris chukar. Common name: chukar.b. Callipepla californica. Common name: California, or valley quail.c. Callipepla gambelii. Common name: Gambel's quail.d. Callipepla squamata. Common name: scaled quail.e. Colinus virginianus. Common name: northern bobwhite. Restricted only in Units 34A,36A, 36B, and 36C as prescribed in R12-4-108.f. Cyrtonyx montezumae. Common name: Montezuma or Mearn's quail.g. Dendragapus obscurus. Common name: blue grouse.h. Phasianus colchicus. Common names: ringneck and whitewing pheasants.2. The species Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha. Common name: thick-billed parrot.

C. Reptiles listed below are "restricted live wildlife" as defined in R12-4-401.1. All species of the order Crocodylia. Common names: gavials, caimans, crocodiles,alligators.2. The following species of the order Testudines. Common names: turtles, tortoises.a. All species of the family Chelydridae. Common name: snapping turtles.b. All species of the genera Gopherus and Xerobates of the family Testudinidae.Common name: gopher tortoises, including the desert tortoise.3. All species of the following families or genera of the order Squamata.a. The family Helodermatidae. Common names: Gila monster, Mexican beaded lizard.b. The family Elapidae. Common names: cobras, mambas, coral snakes, kraits, Australianelapids.c. The family Hydrophiidae. Common name: sea snakes.d. The family Viperidae. Common names: true vipers and pit vipers, includingrattlesnakes.e. The family Atractaspidae. Common name: burrowing asps.f. The following species and genera of the family Colubridae:i. Dispholidus typus. Common name: boomslang.ii. Thelotornis kirtlandii. Common name: bird snake or twig snake.iii. Rhabdophis. Common names: keelbacks.D. Amphibians listed below are "restricted live wildlife" as defined in R12-4-401.1. The following species within the order Anura. Common names: frogs and toads.a. All species of the genus Xenopus. Common name: clawed frogs.b. The species Bufo horribilis, Bufo marinus, Bufo paracnemis. Common names: giant ormarine toads.E. Fish listed below are "restricted live wildlife" as defined in R12-4-401.

1. American grayling, the species Thymallus arctius.2. Bass, all species of the family Serranidae.3. Bighead carp, the species Aristichthys nobilis.4. Bony tongue, the species Arapaima gigas.5. Bowfin, the species Amia calva.6. Catfish, all species of the family Ictaluridae.7. Crucian carp, the species Carassius carassius8. Electric catfish, the species Malapterurus electricus.9. Electric eel, the species Electrophorus electricus.10. European whitefish or ide, the species Leuciscus idus and Idus idus.11. Freshwater drum, the species Aplodinotus grunniens.12. Freshwater stingray, all species of the family Potamotrygonidae.13. Gars, all species of the family Lepisosteidae.14. Goldeye, all species of the family Hiodontidae.15. Herring, all species of the family Clupeidae.16. Indian carp, all of the species Catla catla, Cirrhina mrigala, and Labeo rohita.17. Lampreys, all species of the family Petromyzontidae.18. Mooneye, all species of the family Hiodontidae.19. Nile perch, all species of the genus Lates.20. Pike, all species of the family Esocidae.21. Pike topminnow, the species Belonesox belizanus.22. Piranha, all species of the genera Serrasalmus, Serrasalmo, Phygocentrus, Teddyella,Rooseveltiella, and Pygopristis.

23. Shad, all species of the family Clupeidae except threadfin shad, species Dorosomapetenense.24. Sharks, all species, both marine and freshwater, of the orders Hexanchiformes,Heterodontiformes, Squaliformes, Pristiophoriformes, Squatiniformes, Orectolobiformes,Lamniformes, and Carcharhiniformes.25. Silver carp, the species Hypophthalmichthys molitrix.26. Snakehead, all species of the family Ophicephalidae.27. South American parasitic catfish, all species of the family Trichomycteridae andCetopsidae.28. Sunfish, all species of the family Centrarchidae.29. Tetras, all species of the genus Astyanyx.30. Tiger fish, the species Hoplias malabaricus.31. Trout, all species of the family Salmonidae.32. White amur, the species Ctenopharyngodon idellus.33. Walking catfish, all species of the family Clariidae.34. Walleye, the species Stizostedion vitreum.35. White perch, the species Morone americanus.36. Yellow perch, the species Perca flavescens.37. Rudd, the species Scardinius erythrophthalmus.F. Crustaceans listed below are "restricted live wildlife" as defined in R12-4-401.1. Asiatic mitten crab, the species Eriocheir sinensis.2. Australian crayfish, all species of the family Parastacidae.G. Mollusks listed below are "restricted live wildlife" as defined in R12-4-401. Zebramussel, the species Dreissena plymorpha.H. This rule is effective January 1, 1995.

----------------------------- ARIZ. COMP.ADMIN R. & REGS. R12-4-409 - General Provisions and Penalties forSpecial LicensesA. The Department shall issue special licenses as defined in R12-4-401, when applicationis made and criteria are met as prescribed in the rule governing the specific speciallicense. No special license for any wildlife shall be valid for any wildlife protected byfederal law or regulation unless supported by federally issued documentation renderingthe licensed activity lawful.B. All special licenses expire on December 31 for the year issued unless otherwisespecified in the governing rule. If application for a new special license is not made by theexpiration date, live wildlife possessed pursuant to the expired license shall be consideredunlawfully possessed and is subject to seizure by the Department. If application for a newspecial license with no change from a currently existing special license is made on orprior to the expiration date, the existing license shall remain valid while application ispending with the Department.C. Knowingly providing false information upon application for any special license shallbe grounds for denying the special license, and any special license so obtained is void andof no effect from the date of issuance thereof.D. Denials shall be issued in writing and shall state the reason for denial. Any personwhose application has been denied may appeal to the Commission as provided in R12-4608.E. Special license holders shall keep records and submit reports as required by the rulegoverning their special license. Such records shall be exhibited to any Department gameranger upon reasonable request. Failure to keep records or submit reports as requiredshall be grounds for rejecting an application or for revocation of a special license.F. Facilities of special license holders are subject to reasonable inspection by a gameranger for compliance with any requirements imposed by this Article. A routineinspection shall not be considered reasonable when the game ranger has inspectedanother facility holding wildlife of the same class within the previous 72 hours when thegame ranger had contact with the wildlife or there was reason to believe disease mayhave been present.G. When a disease as determined by a person with relevant expertise or other conditionconstituting an emergency exists th

San Juan Rabbits, Jack Rabbits or any other species of wild rabbit or hare Any member of the family Cervidae (to include but not be limited to deer, elk, moose, caribou), species of coyote, species of fox, species of raccoon, species of skunk, wild rodent, or strain of wild turkey, from any area outside the state of Alabama.