09-137-7 Me. Code R. § 04

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024

Section 137-7-04 - Definitions

1. "Dangerous Wildlife": any wildlife capable of inflicting serious bodily injury.

2. "Exhibitor": a person or organization that shows, displays, exhibits, or trains wildlife for the purpose of conservation, public education, or entertainment, and who meets the requirements of section 7.11 of this chapter. An exhibitor does not include a person who shows wildlife in connection with theatrical exhibition, circus, or agricultural fair.

3. "Husbandry": the act of caring for and breeding of wildlife.

4. "Importation": bringing or causing to be transported into the state any wildlife species.

5. "Native species": wildlife species that are naturally occurring or naturalized in Maine.

6. "Naturalized species": an exotic or an introduced species of wildlife that has become established in Maine."

7. "Propagation": the raising, possessing or reproduction of wildlife (except wolf hybrids) for the purposes of consumption, release, sale or other pecuniary gain.

8. "Protected Contact": the management of an animal in a manner which the keeper and the animal do not share the same unrestricted space.

9. "Public Contact": Any circumstance in which there is physical interaction between a person and wildlife, including physical interaction with wildlife from outside the exhibit or enclosure.

10. "Research Facility" any school (except an elementary or secondary school), institution, or organization that uses or intends to use live animals in research, tests, or experiments, and that purchases or transports live animals in commerce, or receives funds under a grant, award, loan, or contract from a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States for the purpose of carrying out research, tests, or experiments.

11. "Serious Bodily Injury": bodily injury that involves:

A. Substantial risk of death; or

B. Extreme physical pain; or

C. Protracted and obvious disfigurement; or

D. Protracted loss or impairment of the function of a body part, organ, or mental faculty.

12. "Training" :includes, but is not limited to, formal instruction (including on-line course work), self-directed learning activities, mentoring, and on-the job learning.

09-137 C.M.R. ch. 7, § 04