Texas Parks and Wildlife Code

§ 62.101 — DEFINITIONS

PW § 62.101Title 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION · Part B. HUNTING AND FISHING · Ch. 62. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HUNTING · Art. F. UNLAWFUL CONTROLLED KILLING OF OR ATTEMPTING TO INJURE DANGEROUS WILD ANIMALS

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In this subchapter:

(1)"Captivity" means the state of being held under control or kept caged or penned.

(2)"Dangerous wild animal" means a lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, hyena, bear, elephant, wolf, or rhinoceros and includes any species, subspecies, or hybrid of any of those animals.

(3)"Hybrid" means an offspring of two animals of different breeds, species, or genera.

(4)"Lion" means African and Asiatic lion.

(5)"Sanctuary" means a place of refuge where abused, neglected, unwanted, impounded, abandoned, orphaned, or displaced dangerous wild animals are provided care for their lifetime or until released back to their natural habitat.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 23, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.