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Chapter 97B
Section 97B.705
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- 1995 97B.705 Amended 1995 c 188 s 1
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97B.705 RESTRICTIONS ON TRAPPING BIRDS.
(a) Except as provided in this section, a person may not take a bird with a steel jaw leg-hold
trap mounted on a pole, post, tree stump, or other perch more than three feet above the ground.
(b) A person that has a permit to take great horned owls issued under United States Code,
title 16, section 704, may trap great horned owls from April 1 to October 15 if the person has a
game farm license or is the owner or operator of a poultry farm. The trap must be a padded
jaw trap mounted at a height so that the trapped owl may rest on the ground. The trap must be
tended at least twice daily. Uninjured birds shall be released alive and injured birds shall receive
appropriate veterinary treatment.
History: 1986 c 386 art 2 s 58; 1995 c 188 s 1
(a) Except as provided in this section, a person may not take a bird with a steel jaw leg-hold
trap mounted on a pole, post, tree stump, or other perch more than three feet above the ground.
(b) A person that has a permit to take great horned owls issued under United States Code,
title 16, section 704, may trap great horned owls from April 1 to October 15 if the person has a
game farm license or is the owner or operator of a poultry farm. The trap must be a padded
jaw trap mounted at a height so that the trapped owl may rest on the ground. The trap must be
tended at least twice daily. Uninjured birds shall be released alive and injured birds shall receive
appropriate veterinary treatment.
History: 1986 c 386 art 2 s 58; 1995 c 188 s 1
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