25-3701. DOMESTIC CERVIDAE FARMING DEEMED AGRICULTURAL PURSUIT. It shall be lawful for any person, association or corporation to breed, own or control domestic cervidae, which are defined as fallow deer (dama dama), elk (cervus elaphus) or reindeer (rangifer tarandus), but shall not include red deer (urasian cervidae) or any subspecies or hybrids thereof, and hold such animal in captivity for breeding or other useful purposes on domestic cervidae farms or ranches, provided the premises have been registered with the division of animal industries. For the purposes of all classification and administration of the laws of the state of Idaho, and all administrative orders and rules pertaining thereto, the breeding, raising, producing, harvesting or marketing of such animals or their products by the producer or his agent shall be deemed an agricultural pursuit; such animals shall be deemed livestock and their products shall be deemed agricultural products; the persons engaged in such agricultural pursuits shall be deemed farmers, cervidae farmers, cervidae breeders or cervidae ranchers; the premises within which such pursuit is conducted shall be deemed farms, cervidae farms, or cervidae ranches.
History:
[(25-3701) 25-3501, added 1994, ch. 73, sec. 1, p. 151; am. and redesig. 2004, ch. 182, sec. 2, p. 570; am. 2021, ch. 245, sec. 1, p. 762.]
Structure Idaho Code
Chapter 37 - DOMESTIC CERVIDAE FARMS
Section 25-3701 - DOMESTIC CERVIDAE FARMING DEEMED AGRICULTURAL PURSUIT.
Section 25-3702 - TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS FROM FISH AND GAME COMMISSION TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Section 25-3703 - APPLICATION OF LAWS RELATING TO LIVESTOCK AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
Section 25-3703A - OFFICIAL PERMANENT IDENTIFICATION.
Section 25-3704 - RULES FOR REGISTERING PREMISES AND DISEASE PREVENTION.
Section 25-3704A - DOMESTIC CERVIDAE RANCH SURVEILLANCE.
Section 25-3705 - INSPECTION OF CERVIDAE FARMS — RANCHES.
Section 25-3705A - ESCAPE OF DOMESTIC CERVIDAE.
Section 25-3705B - WILD UNGULATES.
Section 25-3706 - VIOLATIONS — CIVIL — CRIMINAL — PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.