(2) Any person who takes a cougar or bear pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall immediately report the taking to a person authorized to enforce the wildlife laws and shall dispose of the animal in such manner as the State Fish and Wildlife Commission directs.
(3) Any regional office of the State Department of Fish and Wildlife ordering the disposal of an animal under subsection (2) of this section shall file a report with the State Fish and Wildlife Director within 30 days after the disposal. The report shall include but need not be limited to the disposition of the animal, the events leading to the taking of the animal and any injury caused by the animal to humans or domesticated animals. The director shall compile all reports received under this subsection on a bimonthly basis. The reports compiled by the director shall be available to the public upon request.
(4) As used in this section:
(a) "Structure" includes a building being used as a residence, a building located on land actively used for agricultural, timber management, ranching or construction purposes or a building used as part of a business.
(b) "Threat to human safety" means the exhibition by a cougar or bear of one or more of the following behaviors:
(A) Aggressive actions directed toward a person or persons, including but not limited to charging, false charging, growling, teeth popping and snarling.
(B) Breaking into, or attempting to break into, a residence.
(C) Attacking a pet or domestic animal as defined in ORS 167.310.
(D) Loss of wariness of humans, displayed through repeated sightings of the animal during the day near a permanent structure, permanent corral or mobile dwelling used by humans at an agricultural, timber management, ranching or construction site. [2001 c.431 §2; 2015 c.779 §50]
Note: 498.166 was added to and made a part of the wildlife laws by legislative action but was not added to ORS chapter 498 or any series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources
Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures
Section 498.016 - Taking crippled or helpless wildlife.
Section 498.018 - Commercial cervid attractants.
Section 498.021 - Short title.
Section 498.026 - Transaction in threatened or endangered wildlife species prohibited.
Section 498.029 - Purchase, sale or exchange of fox, skunk or raccoon prohibited; exceptions.
Section 498.042 - Removal of parts of wildlife and waste of wildlife prohibited.
Section 498.048 - Devices propelling cyanide.
Section 498.102 - Use of dogs to hunt or track game mammals or birds.
Section 498.120 - Hunting on another’s cultivated or enclosed land.
Section 498.128 - Use of drones for pursuit of wildlife prohibited; rules.
Section 498.136 - Hunting from motor-propelled vehicle restricted; rules.
Section 498.142 - Hunting with artificial light restricted; rules.
Section 498.152 - Agreements restricting parking or use of motor vehicles on certain lands.
Section 498.154 - Notice adequate to charge defendant; delivery or posting.
Section 498.158 - Hunting or trapping wildlife in certain governmental districts restricted.
Section 498.166 - Bears or cougars posing threat to human safety.
Section 498.170 - Hunters who have a visual impairment.
Section 498.172 - Trap check requirements.
Section 498.182 - Knowingly allowing feral swine to roam on certain lands prohibited; rules.
Section 498.208 - Use of electricity or foreign substances to take game fish prohibited; rules.
Section 498.228 - Possession of fish taken outside state restricted.
Section 498.242 - Possession of walking catfish and piranha restricted.
Section 498.247 - Protection of juvenile salmonids from cormorants.
Section 498.257 - Prohibition on possession, sale, trade or distribution of shark fins; exceptions.
Section 498.279 - Black bass and walleye angling contests; rules.
Section 498.286 - Prize limitation.
Section 498.306 - Screening or by-pass devices for water diversions; fees; costs.
Section 498.321 - Screening or by-pass standards.
Section 498.326 - Department guidelines for screening and by-pass projects; expenditure of funds.
Section 498.400 - Definitions for ORS 498.400 to 498.464.
Section 498.418 - License application; form; fee.
Section 498.438 - Investigatory power of commission over outdoor clubs required to be licensed.
Section 498.452 - Grounds for denial or revocation of license.
Section 498.464 - Commission authority to restrain violations of outdoor club laws.
Section 498.500 - Mitigation of adverse effects on core area habitat; policy.
Section 498.502 - Actions that affect core area habitat; reports; orders; rules.
Section 498.504 - Sage Grouse Mitigation Program In-Lieu Fee Fund.
Section 498.825 - Oregon Hatchery Research Center Board.
Section 498.827 - Duties of Oregon Hatchery Research Center Board.
Section 498.829 - Officers; quorum; meetings.
Section 498.831 - Oregon Hatchery Research Center; activities.
Section 498.833 - Oregon Hatchery Research Center; director.
Section 498.850 - Disposition of hatchery-produced fish carcasses; rules.