CHAPTER 2. Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals [2116. - 2210.]

Heading of Chapter 2 amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1231, Sec. 1.

§§ 2116–2210 · 46 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Generally §§ 2116–2128 · 18 sections

   • § 2116 As used in this chapter, “wild animal” means any animal of the class Aves (birds), class Mammalia (mammals), class Amphibia (frogs, toads, salamanders), class…
   • § 2116.5 The Legislature finds and declares that wild animals are being captured for importation and resale in California; that some populations of wild animals are…
   • § 2117 As used in this chapter, “enforcing officers” means the department, the state plant quarantine officers, the local law enforcement agents, the county sheriffs,…
   • § 2118 It is unlawful to import, transport, possess, or release alive into this state, except under a revocable, nontransferable permit as provided in this chapter…
   • § 2118.2 Except as provided in Section 1007, it is unlawful to import any elk (genus Cervus) into this state. The department may import elk pursuant to Section 1007, if…
   • § 2118.3 No part of any elk horn or antler shall be removed from any live elk for commercial purposes.
   • § 2118.4 The department shall seize any elk imported in violation of Section 2118.2.
   • § 2118.5 The commission may designate wild animals which may be possessed without a permit.
   • § 2119 The department shall publish from time to time as changes arise, a list of animals that may not be imported or transported into this state.
   • § 2120 (a) The commission, in cooperation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, shall adopt regulations governing both (1) the entry, importation, possession,…
   • § 2121 No person having possession or control over any wild animal under this chapter shall intentionally free, or knowingly permit the escape, or release of such an…
   • § 2122 The commission shall promulgate regulations in cooperation with the State Department of Food and Agriculture for the guidance of enforcing officers. Such…
   • § 2123 The department in cooperation with the State Department of Food and Agriculture shall furnish descriptive and illustrative material concerning the wild animals…
   • § 2124 (a) Except as otherwise authorized by this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code, including, but not limited to, those provisions that authorize…
   • § 2125 (a) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who violates this chapter or any regulations implementing this chapter, is subject to a civil…
   • § 2126 (a) Except as otherwise authorized by this code or regulations made pursuant thereto, it is unlawful for any person to take any mammal enumerated in or…
   • § 2127 (a) The department may reimburse eligible local entities, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding entered into pursuant to this section, for costs incurred…
   • § 2128 (a) (1) Any person who houses, possesses, manages, or is in direct contact with an elephant shall not do either of the following: (A) Use a bullhook, ankus,…
2. ARTICLE 2. Permits §§ 2150–2157 · 12 sections

   • § 2150 (a) (1) The department, in cooperation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, may, upon application, issue a written permit to import into, possess, or…
   • § 2150.1 Fees collected pursuant to this chapter for permits, permit applications, and facility inspections shall be deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund.…
   • § 2150.2 The department shall establish fees for permits, permit applications, and facility inspections in amounts sufficient to cover the costs of administering,…
   • § 2150.3 (a) The director shall appoint a committee to advise the director on the humane care and treatment of wild animals. (b) The committee shall make…
   • § 2150.4 (a) The department or an eligible local entity shall inspect the wild animal facilities, as determined by the director’s advisory committee, of each person…
   • § 2150.5 Classes, orders, families, genera, and species which may not be imported, transported, possessed, or released alive in this state solely because of concern for…
   • § 2151 A permit shall be issued only upon written application from the person desiring to import or transport the species, enumerating all of the following: (a) The…
   • § 2152 Each permit issued shall set forth all of the following: (a) The number and true scientific name of the species of wild animal for which the permit is granted.…
   • § 2153 Whenever any permit is issued under the provisions of this article, one copy shall be sent by the department to the State Department of Food and Agriculture,…
   • § 2155 The provisions of this chapter and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall apply to the progeny of any wild animal imported or possessed under such laws and…
   • § 2156 Neither the provisions of this chapter nor the regulations of the commission shall prevent any city or county from enacting ordinances relating to the…
   • § 2157 (a) Every person holding a permit issued pursuant to Section 2150 shall uniquely identify each wild mammal that poses a risk to the health and safety of the…
3. ARTICLE 3. Regulation and Enforcement §§ 2185–2195 · 8 sections

   • § 2185 (a) Any person who transports, receives, or imports into the state, or transports within the state, any live wild animal enumerated in or designated pursuant…
   • § 2186 (a) If during inspection upon arrival any wild animal is found to be diseased, or there is reason to suspect the presence of disease, or there is reason to…
   • § 2187 (a) Whenever any wild animal is brought into this state under permit, as provided in this chapter, the enforcing officers may, from time to time, examine the…
   • § 2189 (a) As used in this section “nonnative wild animal” means any nonnative animal species, or hybrid thereof, that is not normally domesticated pursuant to this…
   • § 2190 It is unlawful for any person who keeps in confinement, with or without a permit, any wild animal of a species enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section…
   • § 2192 Notwithstanding Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 18900) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code, Section 11356 of the Government Code, or any other…
   • § 2193 (a) Every person who holds a permit issued pursuant to Section 2150 shall immediately report by telephone the intentional or unintentional escape or release of…
   • § 2195 When a wild animal enumerated in, or designated pursuant to, Section 671 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations is properly confiscated by the…
4. ARTICLE 4. Mammals Used for Hire §§ 2200–2203 · 4 sections

   • § 2200 For purposes of this article, “mammal” means any wild animal of the class Mammalia as specified in Article 1 (commencing with Section 2116) or regulations…
   • § 2201 The Animal Trust Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the money in the fund is available to the department…
   • § 2202 The department may seek grants and accept donations from private and public organizations and agencies for the purposes of this article for deposit in the…
   • § 2203 (a) The director, with the advice of the committee established pursuant to Section 2150.3, shall adopt regulations to establish and administer a grant program,…
5. ARTICLE 5. Circus Cruelty Prevention Act §§ 2207–2210 · 4 sections

   • § 2207 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Circus Cruelty Prevention Act.
   • § 2208 (a) For purposes of this article, except as provided in subdivision (b), the term “circus” means a performance before a live audience in which entertainment…
   • § 2209 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not sponsor, conduct, or operate a circus in this state that uses any animal other than a domestic dog,…
   • § 2210 (a) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a person who violates this article, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this article, shall be…