15A NCAC 10B .0101 IMPORTATION OF WILD ANIMALS AND BIRDS is proposed for amendment AS FOLLOWS:

15A NCAC 10B .0101 IMPORTATION OF WILD ANIMALS

(a) Before any live wild bird or wild animal is imported into North Carolina for any purpose, a permit shall be obtained from the Executive Director of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission authorizing the importation, using application forms prescribed provided by the Commission. commission.

(b) No deer, elk, or other species in the family Cervidae may be imported into the state of North Carolina for any purpose until the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) establishes a Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) program that includes a test to detect Chronic Wasting Disease along with requirements for monitoring cervids that shall establish a basis for determining whether a cervid and any cervid herd or farm on which the tested animal has resided has been free of CWD for five years, provided that the program, test and monitoring requirements are recommended for application to wild animals by the Southeastern Cooperative for Wildlife Disease Study.

(c) Cervids imported into North Carolina shall be individually identified by tags provided by the Wildlife Resources Commission that shall be affixed by the licensee to each cervid as set forth in these rules.

History Note: Authority G.S. 113-134; 113-274; 113-291.3; 113-292; 106.549-97(b)

Eff. February 1, 1976.

Temporary. Amendment Eff: May 17, 2002

Temporary Amendment Eff. October 8, 2002