REGULATIONS
Vol. 29 Iss. 25 - August 12, 2013

TITLE 4. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
BOARD OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES
Chapter 110
Final Regulation

Title of Regulation: 4VAC15-110. Game: Fox (repealing 4VAC15-110-75).

Statutory Authority: §§ 29.1-103, 29.1-501, and 29.1-502 of the Code of Virginia.

Effective Date: August 15, 2013.

Agency Contact: Phil Smith, Regulatory Coordinator, Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, 4010 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23230, telephone (804) 367-8341 or email phil.smith@dgif.virginia.gov.

Summary:

The amendment repeals the existing section governing live trapping of fox for foxhound training preserves. The conditions for a permit to operate a foxhound training preserve are established in 4VAC15-290-160.

4VAC15-110-75. Foxhound training preserves; live-trapping for release. (Repealed.)

It shall be lawful for any foxhound training preserve permittee or those licensed trappers designated in writing by the permittee to live-trap and transport red (Vulpes vulpes) and gray (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) foxes from September 1 through the last day of February, both dates inclusive, only for the purpose of stocking foxhound training preserves covered by permits authorized by the board and issued by the department For the purpose of this section, foxes may be live-trapped on private land with landowner permission or on public lands designated by the department. For the purpose of this section, foxes may be live-trapped and transported within the Commonwealth of Virginia.

VA.R. Doc. No. R13-3722; Filed July 24, 2013, 4:45 a.m.