Georgia § 4-4-171 - Definitions.
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§ 4-4-171. Definitions.
As used in this article, the term: "Deer farming" means the agricultural operation of raising and production of farmed deer for the commercial production of food and fiber. "Farmed deer" means fallow deer (Dama dama), axis deer (Axis axis), sika deer (Cervus nippon), red deer and elk (Cervus elaphus), reindeer and caribou (Rangifer tarandus), and hybrids between these farmed deer species raised for the commercial sale of meat and other parts or for the sale of live animals. Those cervids which are indigenous to this state, including white-tailed deer, and those members of the order Artiodactyla which are considered to be inherently dangerous to human beings and are described in subparagraph (a)(1)(F) of Code Section 27-5-5 shall be classified as unacceptable species and shall not be included within the definition of farmed deer. Deer that may be under the authority of Title 50, Part 23, Subpart c of the Code of Federal Regulations, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, 27 U. ST. 108, TIAS 8249, must meet the requirements set forth in the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, 16 U.S.C. Section 1531 et seq. (Code 1981, § 4-4-171 , enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1395, § 2.) Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1999, "Section" was inserted in the last sentence of paragraph (2).
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