(1) No person shall remove from its natural habitat or acquire and hold in captivity any live wildlife in violation of the wildlife laws or of any rule promulgated pursuant thereto.
(2) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of subsection (1) of this section that include but are not limited to:
(a) Providing for the issuance and form of permits for the holding or removal from habitat of wildlife.
(b) Prescribing the wildlife species for which holding or habitat removal permits are required.
(c) Prescribing the terms and conditions of holding wildlife and removing wildlife from habitat to insure the humane care and treatment of the wildlife.
(3) No person to whom a wildlife holding or removal from habitat permit has been issued shall violate any of the terms or conditions thereof. [1973 c.723 §66]
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