Class II Wildlife

PURPOSE: This rule identifies those species that can only be held under provisions of a Class II wildlife breeder permit. Class II wildlife shall include copperheads, cottonmouths, timber rattlesnakes, pygmy rattlesnakes, eastern massasauga, prairie massasauga, mountain lions or mountain lion-hybrids, wolves or wolf-hybrids, and black bears or black bear hybrids. Permits to hold Class II wildlife in confinement will only be issued for the specific species of wildlife approved for each permit type on the Approved Confined Wildlife Species List in AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. Original rule filed Oct. 6, 1993, effective Jan. 31, 1994. Amended: Filed June 5, 1996, effective Dec. 30, 1996. Amended: Filed Sept. 29, 2004, effective Feb. 28, 2005. Amended: Filed Jan. 22, 2021, effective Aug. 30, 2021. Amended: Filed Feb. 10, 2023, effective Aug. 30, 2023.