498.016 Taking crippled or helpless wildlife

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OR Code › Title 41 › Chapter 498 › Section 498.016

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Nothing in the wildlife laws is intended to prohibit any person from killing any crippled or helpless wildlife when the killing is done for a humane purpose. Any person so killing any wildlife shall immediately report such killing to a person authorized to enforce the wildlife laws, and shall dispose of the wildlife in such manner as the State Fish and Wildlife Commission directs. [1973 c.723 §76]

Source: Section 498.016 — Taking crippled or helpless wildlife , https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors498.html (accessed May 26, 2025).

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