§ 20-17-1. Propagation and raising of game birds and animals.
Any person holding a game propagation permit may engage in the rearing within an enclosure of any wild birds, game quadrupeds, or domestic game, to be disposed of for purposes of propagation under any rules and regulations as shall be made, from time to time, by the director, or, in the case of domestic game, for liberation at field trials or upon game preserves. Artificially propagated domestic game shall be tagged for identification with tags or seals supplied, at cost, to the permittee by the department, before being disposed of by the permittee. Game so tagged may be had in possession, transported, bought, and sold at any season of the year.
History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 20-17 - Artificial Propagation of Game
Section 20-17-1. - Propagation and raising of game birds and animals.
Section 20-17-2. - Sale of artificially propagated game.
Section 20-17-3. - Records of game sales.
Section 20-17-4. - Counterfeiting or misuse of tags or seals.
Section 20-17-5. - Labeling of domestic game birds and animals for shipment by common carrier.
Section 20-17-6. - Retail sale of game birds and animals.
Section 20-17-7. - License for importation of frozen game birds and animals.
Section 20-17-8. - Revocation of license.
Section 20-17-9. - Importation of live fish and game.
Section 20-17-10. - Possession by dealers or restaurants of wildlife not authorized for sale.
Section 20-17-11. - Forfeiture of unlawfully possessed animals.