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Fish and Game Code § 4809

CHAPTER 10. Mountain Lions

Current as of September 28, 2026Fish & G. Code, § 4809Official source ↗

Added June 5, 1990, by initiative Proposition 117.

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 the damage or destruction, except that no mountain lion shall be taken by means of poison, leg-hold or metal-jawed traps, and snares.