Sec. 26-56. Permits for importation of wild hares or rabbits.
Sec. 26-56. Permits for importation of wild hares or rabbits. No person shall
transport into this state any wild hare or rabbit or liberate in this state any such animal
which has been so transported, without a permit from the commissioner, except that
wild hares known as snowshoe rabbits or variant hares may be imported without a permit
from any of the New England states or the Province of Quebec or the maritime provinces
of Canada and liberated in this state, subject to regulations issued by the commissioner,
any statute to the contrary notwithstanding. The commissioner may quarantine, confiscate, destroy or otherwise dispose of any wild hare or rabbit other than a snowshoe
rabbit or variant hare imported into this state and may make regulations as to importation
and liberation of any such animal. Any person who violates any provision of this section
or any regulation made under any such provision shall be fined not more than one
hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 4864; 1957, P.A. 393; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 252.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection
commissioner.