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Virginia - Importation of Wild Animals - Chapter 30. Definitions and Miscellaneous: Importation, Possession, Sale, Etc., of Animals
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4 VAC 15-30-5 - 60
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This set of Virginia regulations states that it shall be unlawful to take, possess, import, cause to be imported, export, cause to be exported, buy, sell, offer for sale, or liberate within the Commonwealth any wild animal unless otherwise specifically permitted by law or regulation. Further, live wolves or coyotes, or birds or animals otherwise classed as predatory or undesirable, may not be imported into the Commonwealth or liberated therein, or possessed therein, except under a special permit of the board. A special permit is required and may be issued by the department to import, possess, or sell those nonnative (exotic) animals listed in the table in 4 VAC 15-30-40 (such as badgers, hyenas, and crocodiles among others).
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