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12.6.1406    TRANSFER, PURCHASE, SALE, OR BARTER OF RAPTORS, RAPTOR EGGS, RAPTOR SEMEN, OR RAPTOR PROGENY

(1) A permittee may transfer any lawfully possessed raptor, raptor egg or raptor semen to another permittee or transfer any raptor to a falconer who holds a valid state falconry permit if no money or other consideration is involved.

(2) A permittee may purchase, sell or barter the progeny of legally held raptors being housed under the terms and conditions of federal and/or state raptor propagation permits if progeny are banded, subject to the following conditions:

(a) when the permittee purchases from, sells to, or barters with any person in the United States, that person must be authorized by the service to purchase, sell or barter the progeny of captive-bred raptors;

(b) when the permittee purchases from, sells to or barters with any person in a foreign country, that person must be authorized by the wildlife management authority of that country to purchase, sell or barter the progeny of captive-bred raptors.

(3) No raptor progeny may be transferred, purchased, sold or bartered until it is two weeks old and only after it is properly banded with a nonreusable marker provided or authorized by the service, unless it is transferred to a state or federal wildlife management agency for conservation purposes.

(4) A permittee may only purchase, sell or barter the progeny of raptors legally removed from the wild and held under proper federal and/or state raptor propagation permits or the progeny of captive-bred parent raptors legally held under proper federal and/or state raptor propagation permits.

History: Sec. 87-5-210 MCA; AUTH Extension, Sec. 4, Ch. 532, L. 1987, Eff. 10/1/87; IMP, Sec. 87-5-206 MCA; NEW, 1983 MAR p. 1829, Eff. 12/16/83; AMD, 1988 MAR p. 718, Eff. 4/15/88.

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