§ 261.8 Fish and wildlife.

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Title 36 CFR: Parks, Forests, and Public Property › Chapter II: FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Part 261: PROHIBITIONS › Subpart A: General Prohibitions › § 261.8: § 261.8 Fish and wildlife.

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The following are prohibited to the extent Federal or State law is violated:

(a) Hunting, trapping, fishing, catching, molesting, killing or having in possession any kind of wild animal, bird, or fish, or taking the eggs of any such bird.

(b) Possessing a firearm or other implement designed to discharge a missile capable of destroying animal life.

(c) Possessing equipment which could be used for hunting, fishing, or trapping.

(d) Possessing a dog not on a leash or otherwise confined.

(e) Curtail the free movement of any animal or plant life into or out of a cave, except as authorized to protect a cave resource.

[42 FR 2957, Jan. 14, 1977, as amended at 46 FR 33520, June 30, 1981; 59 FR 31152, June 17, 1994]

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