169.08 Propagation of wild animals. (1) Requirement. No person may propagate any native wild animal or any nonnative wild animal of the family ursidae except as authorized under a captive wild animal farm license, a bird hunting preserve license, a wild fur farm license, a nonprofit educational exhibiting license, or a scientific research license.(2) Exemption for certain wild animals. A person is exempt from the requirement under sub. (1) if the wild animal that the person propagates is a wild animal that is exempt under s. 169.04 (4) (a) or (b).(3) Exemption for certain institutions. Each of the following is exempt from the requirement under sub. (1):(a) A public zoo or aquarium.(b) A circus or the Circus World Museum located in Baraboo, Wisconsin.(c) The department.(4) Inapplicability to certain wild animals. This section does not authorize the propagating of harmful wild animals.History: 2001 a. 56.
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