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New Jersey has specific wildlife captivity laws and regulations pertaining to game species (NJAC 7:25-10<\/a> <\/i>). In most states, it is illegal to acquire a wild animal or bird from the wild. The term “Captive Game” typically refers to the offspring of wildlife that were legally held and bred in captivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The intent of regulations dealing with wildlife captivity are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In New Jersey, the captive game mammal or bird may not be of wild origin. The applicant must provide documentation proving the animal was not taken from the wild (unless otherwise authorized by Division) and is free of disease; hence the requirements for importation permits, certificate of veterinary inspection, and animal health testing requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Applicants seeking approval for the possession of a potentially dangerous species (PDS) must provide additional documentation noting their experience and the ability to meet enhanced facility requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending on the species and type of permit, federal permits from the US Fish and Wildlife Service<\/a> <\/i> and\/or the US Dept. of Agriculture<\/a> <\/i> may be also be required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyone interested in or having a need to import or possess wild game should contact the Captive Game Permit Section by emailing <\/i> NJWildlifePermits@deptest.nj.gov<\/a> prior to acquiring wildlife. This allows us to confirm the seller holds a valid permit, the game is from documented captive stock, and to provide the applicant with species specific information on current importation restrictions or requirements. See the documents below for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Animal Exhibitor, Animal Theatrical, Zoological, Cooperator)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once NJFW has been contacted (<\/i> NJWildlifePermits@deptest.nj.gov<\/a>), the appropriate form must be completed and submitted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n RABIES VECTOR SPECIES (Raccoon, skunk, woodchuck, fox, bat)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Import application form:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The following links are to information on the NJ Dept of Health & Senior Services<\/a> <\/i> web site:<\/p>\n\n\n\n NOTE:<\/strong> Regulations concerning the possession of game animals, as well as Semi-wild and Commercial Shooting Preserves, may be found in NJSA Title 23:3-28 to 39. Please consult your county library for copies of Title 23 or view them online in the Statutes Section<\/a> <\/i> of the NJ State Legislature’s website<\/a> <\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New Jersey has specific wildlife captivity laws and regulations pertaining to game species (NJAC 7:25-10 ). In most states, it is illegal to acquire a wild animal or bird from the wild. The term “Captive Game” typically refers to the offspring of wildlife that were legally held and bred in captivity. The intent of regulations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":44,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4734","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4734"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65328,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4734\/revisions\/65328"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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