Section 69.43 - DefinitionsThe following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Education--Activities that encourage management and conservation of wildlife resources or that are intended to increase the public's awareness and understanding of aspects of wildlife biology.(2) Final disposition--The terminal status of wildlife rehabilitation efforts due to transfer, retention, mortality, or euthanasia.(3) Fostering--Using a captive animal to rear young animals of the same species.(4) Holding--Retaining in captivity.(5) Human imprinting or human bonding--A dependency or fixation upon humans as parent substitutes or companions.(6) Non-releasable animal--An animal which, after rehabilitation, is determined by the department to be unlikely to survive in the wild if released.(7) Propagate--To allow animals to produce offspring.(8) Rehabilitation--The temporary caring for injured, orphaned, or sick wildlife until such animals can be released to the wild.(9) Satellite rehabilitation facility (satellite facility)--A facility registered with the department and operated by a subpermittee under the supervision of a permittee.(10) Socialize--Using a captive animal to teach wild behaviors to juvenile animals of the same species.(11) Subpermittee--A person authorized by a permittee to conduct activities governed by this subchapter.(12) "Wildlife Protected" wildlife--as defined by Parks and Wildlife Code, Chapter 43, Subchapter C.(13) Supervisory permittee--A permittee who is responsible for the activities of subpermittees listed on the permittee's permit and volunteers at the permittee's or subpermittee's facility or satellite facility, as applicable.(14) Volunteer--An individual who is not a permittee or subpermittee and works with permitted wildlife in the presence of the permittee or subpermittee.31 Tex. Admin. Code § 69.43
The provisions of this §69.43 adopted to be effective January 30, 1997, 22 TexReg 902; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 02, January 8, 2021, TexReg 0306, eff. 1/15/2021