Section NR 18.17 - Other restrictions(1) A permittee may not retain or exchange feathers molted from birds held in captivity or those from birds held in captivity that die, except for imping.(2) A permittee may use raptors possessed under this chapter for educational programs with all of the following restrictions:, (a) General and master falconers may use raptors they hold in conservation education programs without an additional permit. The raptors shall continue to be used in hunting, and may not be held under a falconry permit to be used primarily for conservation education purposes.(b) The permittee shall keep records including date, location, size and description of audience and birds used. A summary of these records shall be included in the permittees annual report as described in s. NR 18.16(3).(3) General and master falconers may do all of the following: (a) Use raptors in raptor propagation if the propagator has a raptor propagation permit. Raptors may be temporarily transferred to another permittee for use in spring propagation.(b) Assist federal and state-permitted wildlife rehabilitators in conditioning of raptors for release to the wild. To do so, the falconer shall be a subpermittee of the rehabilitator.(c) Transfer a wild raptor captured under a falconry permit to a propagation permit after the raptor has been used in falconry for at least 2 years.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 18.17
Cr. Register, December, 1977, No. 264, eff. 1-1-78; r. and recr. Register, December, 1997, No. 504, eff. 12-1-98; CR 01-127: am. (2) (a), Register July 2002 No. 559, eff. 8-1-02; CR 13-005: r. and recr. (2) (a), (b), cr. (3) Register July 2013 No. 691, eff. 8-1-13.