Posted December 15, 2015 2:00 am by Comments

By Vanessa Torres

Oregon Commission Adopts New Rules for Wildlife Rehabilitators
Oregon Commission Adopts New Rules for Wildlife Rehabilitators
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Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Oregon -(Ammoland.com)- The Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted new rules for wildlife rehabilitators today at its meeting in Portland.

The new rules provide species-specific guidance for reporting, handling and rehabilitating common mammals like black bears, deer and elk. They also add language to make state rules consistent with federal guidelines for federally-listed or endangered species and prohibit certain types of wildlife from importation into Oregon for rehabilitation. Oregon has about 35 licensed rehabilitators who help care for and eventually return sick, injured or orphaned wildlife to the wild.

In other business, the Commission:

  • Adopted administrative rules for HB 3315, which requires ODFW to track and prepare reports that show the number of hours spent providing services to other state agencies as these agencies implement their own fee-funded programs.
  • Amended Division 435 rules for wildlife control operators, private businesses that respond to wildlife damage and wildlife-human conflicts. The new rules require all employees doing wildlife control activities to pass a WCO test, charge a fee of $25 for the test and a $60 biannual permit fee, extend permit validation …Read the Rest

    Source:: AmmoLand

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