California Fish and Game Code CHAPTER 10 - Mountain Lions

• Section 4800.
  (a) The mountain lion (genus Puma) is a specially protected mammal under the laws of this state.(b) (1) It is unlawful to take, injure, possess, transport, import, or...
• Section 4801.
  The department may remove or take any mountain lion, or authorize an appropriate local agency with public safety responsibility to remove or take any mountain...
• Section 4801.5.
  (a) Unless authorized in this chapter, nonlethal procedures shall be used when removing or taking any mountain lion that has not been designated as an imminent...
• Section 4802.
  Any person, or the employee or agent of a person, whose livestock or other property is being or has been injured, damaged, or destroyed by...
• Section 4803.
  Upon receipt of a report pursuant to Section 4802, the department, or any animal damage control officer specifically authorized by the department to carry out...
• Section 4804.
  In order to ensure that only the depredating mountain lion will be taken, the department shall issue the permit pursuant to Section 4803 with the...
• Section 4805.
  Whenever immediate authorization will materially assist in the pursuit of the particular mountain lion believed to be responsible for the depredation reported pursuant to Section...
• Section 4806.
  Any person issued a permit pursuant to Section 4803 or 4805 shall report, by telephone within 24 hours, the capturing, injuring, or killing of any...
• Section 4807.
  (a) Any mountain lion that is encountered while in the act of pursuing, inflicting injury to, or killing livestock, or domestic animals, may be taken immediately...
• Section 4808.
  As used in this chapter, “agent” means the agent or employee of the owner of the damaged or destroyed property, any county or city predator...
• Section 4809.
  Mountain lions authorized to be taken pursuant to this chapter shall be taken by the most effective means available to take the mountain lion causing...
• Section 4810.
  (a) As used in this section:(1) “Authorized research project” means a research project involving mountain lions subject to a Scientific Collecting Permit issued in accordance with this...

Last modified: October 22, 2018