Protected wild animals

Protected wild animals. Protected wild animals. The following wild animals are designated protected. No person may take, attempt to take, transport or possess any protected wild animal or its carcass at any time except as authorized by state or federal law. (1) Cougar, Canada lynx, badger, moose, wolverine and flying squirrel. (2) Endangered or threatened species listed in ch. NR 27 . (3) Albino and white deer which have a coat of all white hair except that the hair on the tarsal glands, head or parts of the head may be a color other than white. For the purposes of this paragraph, white hair that has been discolored or stained by blood, soil or similar materials shall continue to be considered white hair. (8) All wild birds. (9) Timber rattlesnake of the species Crotalus horridus , except that a timber rattlesnake may be killed in emergency situations involving an immediate threat to human life or domestic animals. It is requested that each person who kills a rattlesnake under this provision provide to the department no later than 48 hours after the kill, not to include Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, factual information related to the kill including the location, date of the kill and the name and address of the person who killed it. (10) Gophersnakes Pituophis catenifer , gray ratsnakes Pantherophis spiloides , and the North American racers Coluber constrictor . (11) Blanding’s turtles Emydoidea blandingii . (13) Any other wild animal for which a closed season, bag limit, size limit or possession limit is prescribed.