Post by FWS on Jul 24, 2008 21:54:15 GMT -6
Live coyote sales prohibited by Indiana NRC
Shelbyville News
7/24/2008
When dealing with coyotes in Indiana, the law's guidelines for landowners are anytime, anyplace, and use your weapon of choice.
Day or night, using spotlights or high-powered weapons, any method for taking the alpha predator is fair game. Even with the liberal regulations, Indiana has a well established and expanding coyote population. There was little to protect the coyote, that is up until now.
Coyotes taken outside the regulated trapping and hunting seasons can no longer be sold live as a result of an administrative rule change unanimously adopted by the Indiana Natural Resources Commission on July 15.
The administrative change clarifies a gray area being interpreted by some to allow live coyotes legally trapped in Indiana to be sold across state lines for the purpose of training hunting dogs in penned facilities.
The decision, which requires approval of the attorney general and Governor Mitch Daniels, came at the bimonthly meeting of the NRC, which has rule-making authority over the Department of Natural Resources.
The DNR is authorized by the state legislature to set season dates and bag limits for hunting, trapping and fishing. The coyote hunting and trapping season is October 15 through March 15. A separate state law allows landowners to take coyotes at any time on the land they own, or provide written permission for others to take coyotes on their land.
The revision, approved July 15, clarifies coyotes taken outside the trapping and hunting seasons must be euthanized within 24 hours but will allow the sale of hides and parts.
Ohio and Kentucky asked the Indiana DNR to stop the live trade market to avoid diseases from native Indiana coyotes being spread to other states. Also, the Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies recently passed a resolution opposing the practice.
The Indiana commission gave preliminary approval to the amended rule in September. The DNR began accepting public comments in November and received 1,900 comments and more than 1,000 signatures on competing petitions.
Shelbyville News
7/24/2008
When dealing with coyotes in Indiana, the law's guidelines for landowners are anytime, anyplace, and use your weapon of choice.
Day or night, using spotlights or high-powered weapons, any method for taking the alpha predator is fair game. Even with the liberal regulations, Indiana has a well established and expanding coyote population. There was little to protect the coyote, that is up until now.
Coyotes taken outside the regulated trapping and hunting seasons can no longer be sold live as a result of an administrative rule change unanimously adopted by the Indiana Natural Resources Commission on July 15.
The administrative change clarifies a gray area being interpreted by some to allow live coyotes legally trapped in Indiana to be sold across state lines for the purpose of training hunting dogs in penned facilities.
The decision, which requires approval of the attorney general and Governor Mitch Daniels, came at the bimonthly meeting of the NRC, which has rule-making authority over the Department of Natural Resources.
The DNR is authorized by the state legislature to set season dates and bag limits for hunting, trapping and fishing. The coyote hunting and trapping season is October 15 through March 15. A separate state law allows landowners to take coyotes at any time on the land they own, or provide written permission for others to take coyotes on their land.
The revision, approved July 15, clarifies coyotes taken outside the trapping and hunting seasons must be euthanized within 24 hours but will allow the sale of hides and parts.
Ohio and Kentucky asked the Indiana DNR to stop the live trade market to avoid diseases from native Indiana coyotes being spread to other states. Also, the Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies recently passed a resolution opposing the practice.
The Indiana commission gave preliminary approval to the amended rule in September. The DNR began accepting public comments in November and received 1,900 comments and more than 1,000 signatures on competing petitions.
