TITLE 25

ANIMALS

CHAPTER 2

INSPECTION AND SUPPRESSION OF DISEASES AMONG LIVESTOCK

25-207A.  Private feeding of big game animals — Rules for disease control. (1) In order to provide for disease control and the protection of health and human safety, the division of animal industries is authorized to promulgate rules for the regulation and prohibition of the private feeding of big game animals.

(2)  The division shall cooperate with the department of fish and game in the designation of such areas and the promulgation of rules necessary to facilitate such regulation.

(3)  The Idaho department of fish and game shall cooperate with the division regarding spacial separation of big game and livestock in any areas designated by the division as requiring disease control methods.

(4)  Rulemaking authority pursuant to the provisions of this section shall only apply to regulate or prohibit persons who purposely or knowingly provide supplemental feed to big game animals in a manner that results in an artificial concentration of such animals that may potentially contribute to the transmission of disease.

(5)  Rulemaking authority pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not apply to supplemental feeding activities conducted by the department of fish and game.

History:

[25-207A, added 2003, ch. 83, sec. 1, p. 258; am. 2004, ch. 151, sec. 1, p. 486.]