- (1) Individuals practicing falconry must ensure that such activities do not result in the take of federally listed threatened or endangered wildlife.
(2) Under the Federal Endangered Species Act:
- (a) "Take" means "to harass, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect or attempt to engage in any such conduct".
- (b) "Harass" means any act that may injure wildlife by disrupting normal behavior, including breeding, feeding, or sheltering; and
- (c) "Harm" means an act that actually kills or injures wildlife.
- (3) Information about threatened or endangered species that may occur in Utah is available by contacting the Service or the Division.
KEY: wildlife, birds, falconry
Date of Last Change: March 11, 2025
Notice of Continuation: November 4, 2021
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 23A-2-208; 50 CFR 21